sex education and teens

I strongly believe that sex education should be in the schools! There are kids that are having babies at 13 and I think that we can change that if we educate them. I remember when I went to sex education class in high school. We had it once a year for half the day. It was very educational but the problem I think is that we started having sex education when we were freshman. By that time more than half the class was already having sex.
I think we need to start educating kids at a younger age. I think we should start in the middle school. And I also so think that we should teach the kids both, abstinence and safe sex. I think it is safe to say that kids are going to have sex whether they are educated or not, so why not educate them. Girls not only need to know about there own bodies but they also need to know about the boys body as well. They need to know how boys react to certain activities, like making out. They also need to know about STD’s (STI) as well. They need to know about birth control, male and female condoms and how to properly use them. They also need to know that abstinence is the only way to stay 100% safe, healthy, and not pregnant.
In a perfect world sex would be discussed in the home and not publicized, but the truth is that a lot of parents don’t talk to their kids until it too late. I was raised by my dad so I never got the “sex talk”. I just had to base sex on what other kids told me. It would have been great to have someone who I could ask questions if I had them. Sex education gives kids an idea of what is going on and allows them to ask any questions they may have about sex or just about there body!