Sex Education

by Aquilino Polaino-Lorente

“Sex education” is often discussed today, but mainly in order to include under this expression programs of information on human sexuality that are generally presented to children and adolescents in the context of schools. These programs would have as their objective furnishing enough biological information for children to avoid the heavy consequences of contracting sexually transmitted diseases, HIV/AIDS and unwanted pregnancies. This kind of sexual education is necessarily incomplete because it leaves to one side the relational, affective and spiritual aspects of human love. Read More...

Sex Education and School-Based Clinics                

by Brian Clowes

In "Sex Education and School-Based Clinics," from his book The Facts of Life, Dr. Brian Clowes discusses topics such as: the three kinds of sex-education; examples of materials used in comprehensive sex-education; school-based clinics; what parents can do; and the benefits of homeschooling. For the Table of Contents with links to the full content of the chapter, click here...