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Experts Push for Kids to Start Driving at 12
Twelve year-olds can’t even make a bed. Why we would trust them behind the wheel beats me: The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport has developed a pilot program designed to teach children to drive...
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Adding Sex Education to the Curriculum Comes at the Expense of Something Else
Firstly, I believe that it is the parents job to educate their children about sex. As a parent, I believe that it would be a blight on my parenting skills if I left such an important conversation...
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The Innocence of Youth
A 7-year old girl writes a precious note that captures the innocence and simplicity of youth. It is just such a privilege to be working with young people. Their view of the world is refreshingly...
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Teaching Union Wants Porn on the National Curriculum
The Teachers Union is struggling to be relevant. They can shout and scream, but as recent times have shown, they are neither good for students nor education as a whole. There will be plenty of us that...
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A Parent that Means Well Doesn’t Always Do Well
Some children get a kick out of watching their parents get irate with school administrators and teachers. They sit back and gladly let their parents fight on their behalf. Whilst it is important for...
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Should High Schools Install Condom Vending Machines?
Whilst I would ideally wish that condom vending machines were not on school grounds, I can understand why there is a push for them. What I didn’t realise was just how bad the STD ‘epidemic’ was among...
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School Distributes Condoms to 6th Graders
I was under the impression that 6th graders were just at the age of puberty. It saddens me that pre-teens are thought to be in need of such drastic measures. Surely there is an alternate way to get...
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The Five Day School Trip that Resulted in 7 Students Getting Pregnant
This will not go down as one of the most successful school camps of all time: SEVEN girls, aged 13 to 15, have fallen pregnant after a five-day school trip to their country’s capital city and their...
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Does Sex Education ‘Rape Children Of Their Innocence’?
The parent that declared that sex education “rapes children of their innocence” is entitled to her opinion, but I disagree. Nice use of hyperbole but off the mark in a big way. Still, I am not in...
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The Most Commonly Asked Questions Sex-Ed Students Ask
Whilst I think Sex-Ed should be primarily the responsibility of parents, I can appreciate the reason why schools feel a responsibility to educate students about safe sex and relieve some of their...
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