Kerry H. Robinson|Elizabeth Smith|Christie Davies
Responsibilities, tensions and ways forward: parents’ perspectives on children’s sexuality education
Western Sydney University|La Trobe University|Western Sydney University|University of Sydney
childrens sexuality education continues plagued tensions controversies consequence childrens access sexuality education severely compromised especially terms time dedicated topic content addressed taught based study 342 australian parents primary school aged children explore parents perceptions relevance importance sexuality education primary school aged children discourses inform perspectives ii parents views responsible sexuality education young children iii whether certain aspects sexuality education considered appropriate family address children iv implications findings sexuality education policy practice australian primary schooling despite controversial nature topic majority parents study believed sexuality education relevant important primary school children collaborative approach families schools however parentscarers acknowledged believed topics addressed home also indicated often happen