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Buenos Aires kids get early sex ed

13:39 H | Topics: Argentina - Children - Education - Sex

Students in Buenos Aires, Argentina are going to start learning about the birds and the bees earlier than their counterparts in other countries -- at age 5.

The Argentine congress has approved, with the backing of all of thecountry's political groups, a law that makes sex education mandatory in all public and private schools in Buenos Aires.

The classes will begin in March, and their content -- still to be defined -- will be adapted to the age of the students, according to Argentine daily Clarín.

The legal text says that the classes will be "pedagogical activities aimed at promoting sexual health, with the integration of the physical, emotional and intellectual and social aspects related to sexuality to promote personal well-being through communication and love".

According to Spain's 20 Minutos, the law also states what cannot happen in these classes:

...invading the privacy with the pretext of education, imposing conducts or ideologies in violation of human rights, or promoting prejudices or sexual stereotypes.

Via / 20 Minutos

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