(Didn't see the flames as they were removed long before I got here. So nothing said here is relevent to what may or may not have gone before...)

I heartily approve of sex education at a young age, curiosity appeased is activity deferred. It was true for me for alchohol, for tobacco, and possibly for sex (who knows how much earlier I would have started... but none-the-less, I did start early.)

And yes, that included condoms. I'd rather see a little youthful promiscurity than a little too youthful parenting.

And as to whether it's appropriate at that age... that's a societal convention. There was a time that 13 year olds were expected to make their own way in life, adding to the financial potential of the family... and adding to the family through marriage and child rearing.

Even in this country, just a few centuries ago, most "children" were fully contributing adults, already out of school and working full time by their teens.

So absolutely... if we wish to prolong their "childhood" and afford them the opportunities modern life delivers... rather than pretending that sexual activity doesn't start at puberty, educate... we should educate them and help protect them.

One, non-parent, opinion. I'd like to think, as my parents did, that I would have this opinion regardless.