Sex education
June 24, 2025
My previous letter regarding the sexual content in our children’s library was positively received from many and I have even been approached on several occasions with “thank you, someone needed to say something.”
Although, I have heard a few comments in conflict. One being a direct response to my letter from Dr. Boyd where she thanked the Library for “providing opportunities for parents to be active participants in our children’s sexual education with relevant, age appropriate resources.”
Really? Putting a book on display that shows drawings of oral sex is an age appropriate resource for my seven-year-old? And this provides me an opportunity to what? Explain what these two men are doing? I would rather not, but the Library has already encouraged him to read the book so now I have to try to explain what is happening instead of gradually guiding him through the years.
She continues on, giving a list of additional books “for parents looking for further support on navigating conversations with our kids.”
I also commend the Library for providing material for parents to navigate sex education with their kids. But this is exactly my point, these books are for parents. Which in my opinion, books that are written for parents should be given to parents, not kids.
I find it completely ludicrous, the notion that we should not install any guardrails on sexual content that is provided to children in our library system. Do we not publicly accept the importance of ratings on movies? As a parent, would you be happy if you found your kids have been watching sex on a show designated for eight and under?
If you’d like to see what explicit content school libraries provide in an unregulated library system, go to the Government of Alberta’s website. But make sure to read the two warnings offered before you view the content.
“Warning: This link contains graphic content that may be disturbing to viewers and is not appropriate for young viewers.”
I find it interesting that a strong warning is given to adults to view children’s books.
Jakob M. Weisser,
Camrose County
My previous letter regarding the sexual content in our children’s library was positively received from many and I have even been approached on several occasions with “thank you, someone needed to say something.”
Although, I have heard a few comments in conflict. One being a direct response to my letter from Dr. Boyd where she thanked the Library for “providing opportunities for parents to be active participants in our children’s sexual education with relevant, age appropriate resources.”
Really? Putting a book on display that shows drawings of oral sex is an age appropriate resource for my seven-year-old? And this provides me an opportunity to what? Explain what these two men are doing? I would rather not, but the Library has already encouraged him to read the book so now I have to try to explain what is happening instead of gradually guiding him through the years.
She continues on, giving a list of additional books “for parents looking for further support on navigating conversations with our kids.”
I also commend the Library for providing material for parents to navigate sex education with their kids. But this is exactly my point, these books are for parents. Which in my opinion, books that are written for parents should be given to parents, not kids.
I find it completely ludicrous, the notion that we should not install any guardrails on sexual content that is provided to children in our library system. Do we not publicly accept the importance of ratings on movies? As a parent, would you be happy if you found your kids have been watching sex on a show designated for eight and under?
If you’d like to see what explicit content school libraries provide in an unregulated library system, go to the Government of Alberta’s website. But make sure to read the two warnings offered before you view the content.
“Warning: This link contains graphic content that may be disturbing to viewers and is not appropriate for young viewers.”
I find it interesting that a strong warning is given to adults to view children’s books.
Jakob M. Weisser,
Camrose County