Parents’ fury amid fears new sex education lessons for kids as young as THREE will ‘promote masturbation and bondage’
PARENTS are furious amid fears new sex education lessons will promote masturabation and bondage to children as young as three.
Mums and dads are also worried they will be taught about self-stimulation, anal sex, porn and facial ejaculation.
They have threatened to remove their kids from school after panic spread from a leaflet being circulated about the Welsh Government’s new Relationship and Sexuality Education curriculum.
Officials rubbished the leaflet as “misinformation”, warning it risks damaging youngsters’ education, the Daily Post reports.
Campaign group Public Child Protection Wales spread the pamphlet, accompanied with suggestive images, warning of kids being introduced to “self-stimulation, masturbation, bondage and anal sex”.
Welsh Government officials insisted the Relationships and Sexuality Education has been endorsed by professionals including the NSPCC and the Children’s Commissioner for Wales.
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It will be mandatory from ages three to 16 in Wales and parents will be unable to remove their kids under news rules.
The code for teachers says lessons must be “developmentally appropriate”.
But one parent from Gwynedd who received the leaflet said: “No way is my daughter being taught about this, it’s a joke. I’ll just take her out of school and I’ll see them in court.”
Another mum said: “I got told if I withdraw my son from school I’ll get a fine.
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“I told them to fine me then, ‘cos there’s no way is my 4 year-old is learning this stuff. They need to be left to be kids.”
Earlier this week parents launched legal action against the new classes, asking the High Court to block the lessons due to start after the summer holidays.
A Welsh Government spokesman said: “The leaflet is full of misinformation and unevidenced, incorrect claims.
“We urge people to access the facts in our code and guidance.
“Learners will only learn topics that are appropriate to their age and development.
“At a younger age, for example, children will be taught about treating each other with kindness and empathy.
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“The misinformation contained in this leaflet can do real damage to the education of our young people.
“In contrast, we are proud that our new curriculum and wider reforms are supported by respected organisations such as the NSPCC, the Children’s Commissioner, Welsh Women’s Aid and qualified experts in the field of child safeguarding.”