"So, at this point at least, what Obama is referring to is teaching five year
olds about inappropriate touching. The Obama campaign also tells The Brody File
that parents would be able to opt out. As for further details, the touching
aspect seems to be the main idea here. Obama doesn’t want to hand out condoms to
five year olds. He doesn’t want cucumber demonstrations as part of show and
tell. The legitimate reasonable discussion here is whether the federal
government and/or local school boards should get involved in providing these
five year olds information about inappropriate touching or should it be left up
to families only."
Though Romney has attempted to twist this into something other than what it is, it sounds perfectly logical that you should explain to children that there are way that adults should not be touching you and how to respond if this happens. I don't think that teaching sex to kindergartners would be healthy, and I don't know how much that they would gain from it. I know this is a touchy subject, and one that parents would rather deal with themselves, but I would say that adding the voice of a teacher to that of a parent only makes the message stronger. On the other hand there are families that do not teach that message to their children, sometimes because it is the parent(s) who are touching the children in ways that they shouldn't.
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