Clearly the Department for Education has not been looking at
the same evidence as the rest of us or listening to the views of children and
young people themselves. 20 months after the review was announced, this vital
topic is clearly consigned to the very bottom of the DFE pile marked ‘non
urgent’. This stubborn refusal of the Department of Education to improve PSHE
and SRE fails children and young people yet again.
The Labour MP Diane Abbott also criticised
the review and said that it demonstrated that ‘the government has run out of
ideas on sexual health.’How we talk to children and young people about reproductive issues is one that many parents struggle with. In the context of the renewed focus on PSHE and the role of schools, we found this post from the perspective of a parent who decided to talk to her young children about abortion particularly interesting.
Be Fertility Aware looks here
at the contraceptive options for new mums and provides clear, evidence based
information about using breastfeeding as a form of contraception and the rules
women need to follow for it to be effective.
There
is an interesting juxtaposition emerging in American right-wing politics- the
growing acceptance of gay marriage and increase in attacks on abortion
provision. This article
in the Telegraph looked at the current trends in social conservatism:
Oddly for something
that has only just became a major political issue in America, gay marriage
could soon cease to be one: opponents are fighting a demographic tidal wave.
Yet on abortion they are getting more traction than ever. Gay marriage’s time
in America may have come but, 40 years in, the abortion war may just be warming
up.
Despite
the alarmist headline, “Are older parents putting our future at risk?”, this
was actually a very interesting article on older
parenthood. It examined global and historic trends, the challenges that
older parenthood can present and, refreshingly, looked at this as not just a
female issue:
Though it is often portrayed as one, this isn’t just a
female problem. Most men aren’t ready to settle down until somewhere around
their mid-thirties. In an “information economy” like ours, people tend to stay
in education longer to maximise their chances of getting a decent job. This is
one of the major factors behind Britain’s declining birth rate: both men and
women are more likely to go to university, which means they start work later,
and take longer to feel established enough, financially and professionally, to
start a family.
As
always, please do share any articles that are of interest on Twitter or by email.
Birds,
Bees… Abortion? Talking to Kids About Complicated Issues - See more at:
http://rhrealitycheck.org/article/2013/02/01/birds-bees-abortion-how-do-we-bring-up-complicated-reproductive-issues-with-our/#sthash.wP5v7387.dpuf
Birds,
Bees… Abortion? Talking to Kids About Complicated Issues - See more at:
http://rhrealitycheck.org/article/2013/02/01/birds-bees-abortion-how-do-we-bring-up-complicated-reproductive-issues-with-our/#sthash.wP5v7387.dpuf
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