What Parents Don’t Know Hurts Them – and Their Children

   “Do you know what they are teaching to kindergarteners in our local public schools?” an irate parent asked me at one of our community events recently.  Sadly, I was pretty sure I did know what that school was teaching in kindergarten, especially when this mother went on to say it was part of the so-called “human growth and development” program.

   If you’re not aware, in Wisconsin we euphemistically call “sex-ed” in our government schools, “Human Growth and Development” programs.

   The first thing parents need to know is that no school district in Wisconsin is required to have a sex ed program. It’s totally voluntary.

   However, if a school district decides to have a sex-ed program, then state law mandates a few things. For instance, there must be an advisory committee that includes representation from parents, clergy, and medical personnel.  In addition, the law restricts how many school-district-related people can be on the committee.

   Further, the law requires, among other things, that abstinence from sexual activity be presented as the preferred choice for unmarried students and that abstinence from sexual activity before marriage is the only reliable way to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.

   To help parents, the law also requires that school ...