The school nurse has been asked to begin teaching sex education in the fifth grade. What should the nurse recognize?
a. Questions need to be discouraged in this setting.
b. Most children in the fifth grade are too young for sex education.
c. Sexuality is presented as a normal part of growth and development.
d. Correct terminology should be reserved for children who are older.
ANS: C
When sexual information is presented to school-age children, sex should be treated as a normal part of growth and development. They should be encouraged to ask questions. At 10 to 11 years old, fifth graders are not too young to speak about physiologic changes in their bodies. Preadolescents need precise and concrete information.
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