Mass. elementary school district will provide first graders with condoms! Not a joke!

soozievt
Thu, 24 Jun 2010 22:10:38 +0000

starbright, I agree. An age limit doesn’t really make sense (yes, if 13, no if 12). So, condoms should be available to all.

That said, while I have no statistics to go by, I just don’t think that many kids in K-6 (under 12) are having sex (though I suppose if just one child is, that child does need protection). Many haven’t reached puberty. Then again, anything is possible and it sure seems like kids have sex younger and younger these days. I don’t think they really needed this policy but I don’t have a problem with it. And it is a community that is attuned to issues about sexuality and sexual diseases and so on.

I think the twist on “first graders” was unfortunate and an attempt at sensationalism to misinterpret the intent of the policy.