1 Don't assume that young people are getting sex and relationships education from elsewhere. When asked, they tend to say their sex education was too little, too late and too biological. They want the chance to discuss issues such as abortion, homosexuality and menstruation. They feel ill-prepared for relationships. They want to discuss feelings and real-life dilemmas.
They want to work out relationships. That all sounds like a job for a youth worker.
2 Don't worry that you will encourage early experimentation. There is no evidence that sex education does that. But it does help young people avoid the distress and embarrassment that comes from making uninformed and unsupported decisions.
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