There is a “slow creep” of sexualised language and behaviour among children as young as five in the classroom, teachers have told the Guardian. Primary and secondary school teachers described the level of sex and relationship education (SRE) available to children as inadequate in response to a call out via the Guardian’s online Teachers Network. Unfiltered access to the internet and age inappropriate computer games is exposing more and more young children to things they are not able to cope with or understand. Children as young as five are being left on their own with access to the internet. She said that for excluded or otherwise vulnerable children SRE should be on a par with maths and English.

Source: The Guardian September 12, 2016 06:00 UTC