Once again Obama is back in the spotlight. This time he is saying he supports a measure for educating 5 and 6 year olds about sex. Of course he had to come back and have his campaign ‘clarify’ what he meant. Apparently he meant that he wants public school teachers to inform their little students what is appropriate touching and what is not. Why in a million years was this even suggested? Why would we want a teacher to instruct our kids, at this age, as to what is good and bad regarding anything sexual, even touching? As we teach kids younger and younger about sex, more young people are having it! Age appropriate teaching of sex-ed should be done at the earliest around puberty, not before. Schools are teaching this earlier and earlier. I remember when it was taught in a high school health class. And it was very scientific. Now they hand out condoms to 4^th graders. Obama says age-appropriate sex-ed can be suitable for kindergarteners. On what planet? I suppose the opt-out provision for parents that he supports makes everything okay. Why should parents have to opt-out of something that shouldn’t be taught anyway? Soon it would be best if parents opted out of sending their children to these crazy liberally run schools of ours. We need to install the school voucher program.

Here’s another example of how Obama must ‘clarify’ himself. What is there to clarify? He said that he would want teachers to instruct these kids of that age about good touching and bad touching, not about the actual act of sex, so that they would understand what is right and wrong. Personally, I believe parents should decide when they should instruct their children on this issue. They should teach their children right from wrong. They can decide when their child is ready to learn about ‘touching’ and about the birds and the bee’s not some politician. The school does have a responsibility, eventually, to instruct teenagers of the dangers and proper precautions involved. Heaven forbid they would say ‘DON’T DO IT’ like they do with drugs.

Our schools need to concentrate on reading comprehension before they start discussing sex ed. It is obvious our young students spend more time in front of a Nintendo or in front of a TV filled with violence than they do reading for enjoyment. If the child has questions about sex they should not be afraid to go to their parent(s). And it is the parents job to answer them and help them understand, not push them away. And if they do go to a teacher, I highly doubt it will be a 6 year old asking his teacher exactly how to put on a condom.

I think Senator Obama should concentrate on improving our education system as a whole. We’ve already had reports on the news of kids in the 6^th grade having sex in front of their peers. What’s next, a field trip for the first graders to the playboy mansion?