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How Should Hawai‘i’s Public Schools Educate Students about Sex?

 

How Should Hawai‘i’s Public Schools Educate Students about Sex?

Hawai‘i’s public schools provide children with a culturally responsive and factual education about sexual health. And yet, our teen pregnancy rate is higher than the national average. Some parents, lawmakers and religious leaders feel the training goes into too many aspects of sexual health and doesn’t give our young teens the right message. Is the sexual education curriculum too detailed or not detailed enough? Malia Mattoch hosts the discussion.