<p><strong>For educators and psychologists alike, there’s a growing consensus that sex ed needs to go beyond a basic understanding of the mechanics and anatomy of sex. Teaching abstinence is not sex ed. To deny our teens access to practical and comprehensive sex education is depriving them of information that could profoundly affect their health, their sexual choices and their lives during this formative time. Unfortunately, sex ed is failing (or non-existent) at many schools, leaving teens to learn from their peers or online pornography. What should sex education look like? Is this brand new episode of the #RaisingGenZ podcast, host Shira Myrow, LMFT, and Raising Gen Z producer Gayle Gilman talk about the need for new sex ed and what that could mean for our teens.</strong></p>
For educators and psychologists alike, there’s a growing consensus that sex ed needs to go beyond a basic understanding of the mechanics and anatomy of sex. Teaching abstinence is not sex ed. To deny our teens access to practical and comprehensive sex education is depriving them of information that could profoundly affect their health, their sexual choices and their lives during this formative time. Unfortunately, sex ed is failing (or non-existent) at many schools, leaving teens to learn from their peers or online pornography. What should sex education look like? Is this brand new episode of the #RaisingGenZ podcast, host Shira Myrow, LMFT, and Raising Gen Z producer Gayle Gilman talk about the need for new sex ed and what that could mean for our teens.