California’s Sex Ed: Parents Want to Decide What’s ‘Age Appropriate’

California’s Sex Ed: Parents Want to Decide What’s ‘Age Appropriate’
A file photo of elementary school students in San Francisco, Calif., on Oct. 17, 2019. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
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In California, various stakeholders have been vying to decide what exactly “age appropriate” means in the state’s guidelines for sex education. Currently, local school districts interpret what is suitable for a given age group.

“I am the expert on my kids,” said Denise Pursche of Clayton City, California, who believes parents should decide what is age appropriate.