Primary schools should be taught about sex, relationships and alcohol. The national institute for health and clinical excellence wants primary school lessons appropriate to children's ages. They say sex education is more effective if it is introduced before young people first have sex. The advice on alcohol would be intended to help young people to avoid binge drinking. It says that 40% of young people have rated their sex education as poor or very poor - and that improving sex education will help young people to make healthier choices. The health advisers argue that such lessons in personal, social, health and economic education (PSHE) should build up from an early age, so that they are aware of the consequences etc. and then will make their own choices... There are also calls for children to be taught about alcohol at an early age, as children grow up surrounded by advertising and images of alcohol.
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I think that there has to be a limit, like what you can tell to pupils about sex and what not. They do not have to get into details, but explain about having safe sex. But are the pupils going to take it seriously, because it is something new and not that much talked about in their environment, there could be a feeling of shame amongst the pupils or make jokes to feel comfortable again. However, talking about alcohol to prevent binge-drinking has to be taught in primary school. A lot of people start at a young age drinking alcohol and get use to it. I think to create awareness; they have to tell them about alcohol and its consequences.
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