An outraged father has spoken out and shared his thoughts after his 14-year-old daughter’s school suggested children to suck partner’s toes as a way of showing them they love them.
As Carl Lawrence revealed, his 14-year-old daughter Emma brought home a sex education leaflet with suggested alternatives to having sex.
The piece titled ‘101 Ways To Show Someone You Love Them Without Having Sex’ included not only plenty of innocent suggestions but also some rather bizarre proposals to be seen by a 14-year-old according to Carl and the girl’s mother, Stacey Larkin.
The handouts that were created by the Spectrum Community Health CIC were distributed to students at Shevington High School, whereas Emma’s teacher allegedly said “you don’t know if you like it until you try it” when students were laughing at the suggestions.
While Carl admitted some points on the list made sense, he wasn’t impressed by suggestions involving sucking toes and proposing marriage as an alternative to having sex.
“I understand children need to be made aware of the world, but should we really be promoting fetishes in Year Nine? I don’t think so. The first thing that stood out was ‘Suck their toes’. That’s quite niche,” Carl said.
“There were some [suggestions] I was really shocked at. I don’t think they’ve hit the target demographic. There is no way I think a 14-year-old should be reading this.”
As the upset father added, he was forced to explain to his daughter that going for a walk or watching a movie is more than enough to express love at her age.
“One of the suggestions was ‘Drive for two hours just to see them for one.’ I mean, that’s aggravated TWOCing [Taking Without Owner’s Consent] at age 14,” Carl went on to say.
“It also had ‘Propose marriage.’ I don’t understand how it’s gone to print without being proof-read by someone who could ask, ‘Is this sensible?’”
After Carl’s concerns went viral, the Spectrum Community Health CIC responded with the following statement:
“Spectrum’s Relationships and Sex Education Programme provides information and support to young people throughout their high school journey, helping them to make safer choices.
“From Year Nine onwards we also introduce our RSE magazine, which is adapted every year in response to feedback from young people, parents and schools.
“The 101 Ways were created by teenagers and are referenced by Spectrum in the context of the classroom lessons they support.”
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