That we're reading this educational policy change in the newspapers and not from a professional teaching group tells you that this is simply a political manoeuvre.
These kids are already watching porn on their phones, you aren't protecting them from anything by refusing to teach.
Even if this was an actual problem, which it isn't, this is not the way to deal with it. Children ask all sorts of awkward questions, not answering their question is literally the worst way to deal with it. They'll just ask the question more loudly in a very clear voice in the middle of a crowded Tesco. It's best to just answer them and move on.
You can tell no Conservatives ever actually raised their own children.
Section 28 bullshit all over again. It didn't help anything then, it won't help anything now, it will just hurt people. Fuck's sake, what is wrong with this shites?!
Because we all know 12 and 13 year olds never have sex. One study says nearly 3000 of them got pregnant between 2000 and 2007 but clearly immaculate conceptions all round.
Because telling them "I'm not allowed to answer that question." isn't going to make them look it up themselves anyway. I mean, you could lie to them, but I can't imagine that being a popular policy.
Even if the sentiment behind this wasn't so horrid, this'd still be stupid.
You are so incorrect that I'm amazed you were able to use a keyboard that must have been covered in your own drool. Go get a grip and use it to keep hold of a fucking clue.
A lot of people I grew up with who thought they were trans simply grew out of it. Many of them were pressured into it, or were doing it because they thought they weren't masculine/feminine enough to fit with societal norms. Or just wanted to be different. I was pressured into it as well when I was younger and made to identify as non binary because "cis men are bad" and I couldn't be a cis man in that friend group or something. Could have went worse.