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By Little Mummy, May 8, 2009 2:07 am

The Daily Mail had a piece on the future changes to the national curriculum last week. The article was from the angle of children as young as eleven being taught about gay relationships.

Here is the new proposed curriculum;

Age 4 – 7

Age 9 – 11

Age 11 – 14

Source: Daily Mail

The Daily Mail has focused in on a perceived negative in their article when actually I think there’s a lot to be pleased about in this proposal. I particularly like the entrepreneurial theme that runs through the curriculum, including the ‘managing your money’ section, so many are in a dire situation at the moment and not all of it can be blamed on the economy. Poor money management has surely contributed to some of the issues many face. Formal teaching in this area is surely advantageous to us as a society.

I also appreciate the focus on health, perhaps we as parents need to be a little more accepting of the sex education bit. They may be our babies but they are future adult citizens who will be free to act in any way they please with only their knowledge and (hopefully) morals to guide them. More knowledge is better than less, no?

Finally, I don’t really get the big deal with learning about gay relationships at eleven anyway, am I on my own here?