Elementary School videos about puberty

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At the school where I teach, we show the video at the end of the day on a Thursday before a long weekend. By the time the kids come back, the “trauma” is basically over and the proliferation of misinformation is minimal. I highly recommend this tactic. That being said, I don’t recommend necessarily removing children from the school for the day, but being prepared to answer questions and even going so far as to discuss things with children beforehand.

Thanks for the clarification. I do think this is a good strategy, sorry for assuming you were one of those who don’t support schools teaching anything that has to do with puberty. Unfortunately, there are enough parents who don’t want to deal with this duty, that while I do support the right of parents to opt their kids out, I think it’s much too risky to have the schools not address this topic at all.

That’s not even going into the sexual abuse issues that sadly are a thing. It’s not even the worst case scenario that kids who are totally ignorant about puberty and expected changes, pick up misinformation on the playground. The worst case scenario is that a predator exploits their ignorance to prey on them sexually.