Obama’s Kindergarten Sex Ed

UPDATE:

Michelle Malkin has comments and a link to the National Review article here.

Today on ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos the panel discussion spoke about this McCain campaign ad on Obama’s support of sex education for kindergartners:

The panel complained about the ad’s inaccuracies without addressing its content.  Seems like nobody cares about doing any research on these issues.

Obama has said, numerous times, that he supports age-appropriate sex ed for K-12.  Their campaign offered this statement last year to CBN’s David Brody:

Here’s what Obama campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki is telling The Brody File this morning:

“Barack Obama supports sensible, community-driven education for children because, among other things, he believes it could help protect them from pedophiles. A child’s knowledge of the difference between appropriate and inappropriate touching is crucial to keeping them safe from predators.”

So what is age-appropriate?  Does anyone want to spell it out?  Last year the Obama campaign told MSNBC’s First Read this:

Obama spokesman Bill Burton tells First Read: “You can teach a kid about what’s appropriate and not appropriate to protect them from predators out there.” In addition, he issued a document showing that the Oregon Department of Education has guidelines for sex education for children in grades K-3 (which includes understanding the difference between a good touch and a bad touch), and that the Sexuality Information And Education Council of the United States has curriculum for those in kindergarten.

The Obama campaign’s guide for defining “age-appropriate” is a publication by the  Sexuality Information And Education Council, or SIECUS.

You can find out more about SEICUS here.  They also run a website which supports removing funding for abstinance-only education here.  But I digress.

SEICUS publishes a document called “Guidelines for Comprehensive Sexuality Education” available here as a PDF.

This is the guide for what’s taught in schools to kindergartners.

There are several sections in the guide and these sections explain teaching, what the guide calls “Developmental Messages,” to different age levels:

Developmental messages are brief statements that contain the specific information young people need to learn about each topic. For each topic, the Guidelines present developmental messages appropriate for four separate age levels which reflect stages of development.

The levels are:
Level 1: middle childhood, ages 5 through 8; early elementary school

Level 1 is the earliest level and includes kindergarten.

Please note: I’ve included the exact language from their guide. Some of the language my not be appropriate for all ages.

This is a long list.  But remember, it’s all for kindergartners. According to Obama, this is what kids need to know to prevent them from being victims of sexual predators.

I’ve highlighted a few items if you’d like to scan.

Here’s what’s at Level 1- for kindergartners:

•Each body part has a correct name and a specific function.

• A person’s genitals, reproductive organs, and genes determine whether the person is male or female.

• A boy/man has nipples, a penis, a scrotum, and testicles.

• A girl/woman has breasts, nipples, a vulva, a clitoris, a vagina, a uterus, and ovaries.

• Some sexual or reproductive organs, such as penises and vulvas, are external or on the outside of the body while others, such as ovaries and testicles, are internal or inside the body.

• Both boys and girls have body parts that feel good when touched.

• Vaginal intercourse – when a penis is placed inside a vagina – is the most common way for a sperm and egg to join.

• Human beings can love people of the same gender and people of another gender.

• Some people are heterosexual, which means they can be attracted to and fall in love with someone of another gender.

• Some people are homosexual, which means they can be attracted to and fall in love with someone of the same gender.

• Homosexual men and women are also known as gay men and lesbians.

• People deserve respect regardless of who they are attracted to.

• Making fun of people by calling them gay (e.g. “homo,” “fag,” “queer”) is disrespectful and hurtful.

• Many people live in lifetime committed relationships, even though they may not be legally married.

• Two people of the same gender can live in loving, lifetime committed relationships.

• Most children are curious about their bodies.

• Bodies can feel good when touched.

• Touching and rubbing one’s own genitals to feel good is called masturbation.

• Some boys and girls masturbate and others do not.

• Masturbation should be done in a private place.

• People often kiss, hug, touch, and engage in other sexual behaviors with one another to show caring and to feel good.

• Both girls and boys may discover that their bodies feel good when touched.

• Like other body parts, the genitals need care.

• Sexually transmitted diseases are caused by germs such as bacteria and viruses.

• People who do not engage in certain behaviors do not get STDs.

• A small number of children are born with STDs that they get from their mothers during pregnancy or birth.

• The most common ways for a person to get an STD is to participate in sexual behavior or share a needle with another person who is already infected with an STD.

• Children who find needles on the ground should not touch them and should tell an adult.

• There are parts of one’s body that are considered to be private, including one’s mouth, nipples, breasts, chest, penis, scrotum, vagina, vulva, and buttocks.

• Some people may expect or demand that boys and girls behave in certain ways, but this is beginning to change.

• Both women and men can be involved and caring parents.

• Boys and girls can do the same chores at home.

• Men and women are capable of doing almost all the same jobs.

• Some men and women may be told that certain jobs and tasks are only for women or only for men, but this is beginning to change.

Hot Air has comments about the McCain ad here.

Democrat = Socialist has opinion here.