Social Studies, JSS 2, Week 1
Topic: Family life Education
Content:
- Meaning of family life Education
- The importance of sex Education
Meaning of Family Life Education
Family life Education is the form of educating the family member on important and general issues needed for the development of their personal and general life.
It also refers to what young people or adolescents should know about their sexual activity and reproductive health.The need for educating young mind is necessary cause lack of education results into danger for the young ones who are ignorant.
Sex Education
Sex education is the process of acquiring the necessary knowledge and information about the changes that occur in the body. These changes are physiological changes that occurs as a result of growth and development.
Sex education is related to the sex organs, their function, uses and abuse of the sexual part of the body.
Sex Education is very important, it provides knowledge, information and understanding on how the youths, adolescents and adults can handle sexual problems.
In teaching sex Education, there are some basic facts about human nature that is needed the students must know, which are some of the changes which are noticed and they are as follows
Girls
- They start menstruation
- Development of big breast
- Pimples appear on the face
- Pubic hair grows around genitals
Boys
- The testes contain live sperm or semen which is capable of fertilizing the egg produced by the girl
- Pubic hair grows around the genitals
- The voice begins to break and become deep like a man’s own.
The Importance of Sex Education
Sex Education is important for the following reasons:
- It helps every individual to know that human body should not be misused
- The knowledge of sex education assist individual to appreciate God’s purpose
- It makes children aware of the true meaning of life and decent living
- It enlightens everyone the danger involve in sexual indiscipline
- It will help to prevent unwanted pregnancies, sexually transmitted disease, abortion etc
- Sex education increases the level of understanding and awareness of the problems associated with human growth and development.
- It stimulates healthy interaction between the opposite sex i.e reducing the rate of sexual immorality
Agents of Sex Education
Agents of sex education are those who are liable and more knowledgeable to teach impart the young ones about Sex.
- Parents/ guardian
- Teachers
- Religious leaders
Test and Exercise
- ————is the process of acquiring the necessary knowledge and information about the changes that occur in the body. (a) sex education (b) sex interaction (c) moral teaching (d) immoral teaching
- Characteristics found in the girls during puberty is (a) deep voice (b) increase in breast (c) the testes produces sperm (d) none of the above
- Sex Education is important for the following except (a) it encourages illicit sex (b) It makes children aware of the true meaning of life and decent living (c)It enlightens everyone the danger involve in sexual indiscipline (d) It will help to prevent unwanted pregnancies, sexually transmitted disease, abortion.
- The agents of sex Education is all except (a) parents (b) prostitute (c) teachers (d) religious leaders
- Sex Education should be taught also to eradicate unwanted pregnancy. True/ False http://passnownow.com/classwork-support/