National surveys show that most parents want schools to teach sexuality education to their children. In most communities, polls show that nine out of 10 parents want their children to have good sexuality education. But most parents also like to be involved in that education, especially since each family has its own values and beliefs.

Parents often like to put their own spin on some of the stuff that's taught in class. That's why the best sex ed classes also involve parents in the process. Parents become partners, along with teachers and teens.

A small group of parents, though, say they should be in charge of teaching their own children about sex. They don't want schools to get involved. Unfortunately though, most parents simply don't talk to their kids about sexuality, or have access to accurate information. Do yours?

The polls show again and again that the great majority of parents want schools to teach comprehensive sex ed, rather than abstinence-until-marriage. In fact, the Kaiser Family Foundation did a poll that showed that parents wanted their kids to be taught:

• how to use condoms (85%)
  
• how to use and where to get other birth control (84%)
  
• abortion (79%)
  
• sexual orientation and homosexuality (76%)
  
• HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections (98%)
  
• the basics of pregnancy and birth (90%)
  
• how to deal with the pressure to have sex and emotional issues and consequences of being sexually active (94%)
  
• how to talk with a partner about birth control and STDs (88%)

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Source: Sex Education in America: A View from Inside the Nation's Classrooms, The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.