英國過半父母反對學校開性教育課程

More than half of parents do not think sex education should be taught to children at school, according to a new survey.

根據一項新調查，超過半數的父母認爲學校不應對小孩進行性教育。

Many think it is inappropriate to teach children about sex, whilst others think it should be a parents' choice to inform their own child, according to a poll by baby product website .

嬰兒用品網站開展的一項調查顯示，許多父母認爲對小孩進行性教育是不合適的，另外一些父母認爲是否讓小孩瞭解性應該由父母來做決定。

The survey, which questioned more than 1,700 parents of children aged five to 11, found that 59 per cent do not agree with the fact that sex education is often taught to children in schools, even from a young age.

該調查訪問了1700多名5到11歲孩子的父母，調查發現，59%的父母不認同現在許多學校對年幼的小孩進行性教育的行爲。

Almost half (48 per cent) of those questioned said children should be at least 13 years old before it is appropriate to teach them about sex, the survey found.

調查發現，近半數（48%）的被調查者認爲，至少要到孩子13歲時纔可以對其進行性教育。

Of those that don't agree that sex education should be taught in schools, 41 per cent said it was inappropriate to teach youngsters about the subject, while one in four (28 per cent) said it should be the parents' choice to teach their own child.

那些不認同學校對小孩進行性教育的父母中，41%的人認爲對小孩進行性教育不合適，四分之一（28%）的人認爲是否對小孩進行性教育應該由父母來做決定。

A similar proportion (27 per cent) said there was no need for children to know about sex.

相近比例（27%）的父母說，小孩沒有必要了解性。

Contraceptionwas the most popular topic that parents said should be covered in sex education lessons (chosen by 65 per cent), followed by puberty(49 per cent), homosexuality (48 per cent) and sexually transmitted infections (47 per cent).

父母認爲性教育課應該涵蓋的話題中，避孕話題是最受歡迎的，有65%的父母選了這一話題，其次是青春期（49%）、同性戀（48%）和性傳播感染（47%）。

At the moment, both primary and secondary schools have to teach pupils age-appropriate lessons about the biology of sex in science.

目前，小學和中學都必須對學生進行和年齡相當的性生理科學教育。

The survey questioned 1,732 parents between April 26 and May 4.

該調查在4月26日至5月4日期間訪問了1732位父母。