Windsor: Parents consider their options with new sex ed curriculum

Tammy and Gregory Moore talk about Ontario’s new sex education curriculum

Gregory and Tammy Moore aren’t naive about the sexualized world their sons are growing up in, but Ontario’s new health and physical education curriculum makes them feel powerless to influence how quickly the innocence of their sons’ childhoods are being chipped away.

In an attempt to retain some control, the Moores are exploring private schooling or withdrawing their children from certain aspects of the curriculum.

“I feel it’s not appropriate for every child at the same time,” said Tammy Moore, who has four boys at Amherstburg’s Stella Maris Catholic Elementary School. “My four boys, they’re all so different. My 11-year-old in Grade 6 isn’t ready for some of this. My younger boys, I’m going to have to talk to them sooner. You know your own child best.”

The new curriculum, unveiled two weeks ago, remains a divisive topic.  (more...)

Parents consider their options with new sex ed curriculum