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“CFC-FFL
IS PRO-LIFE”
Renewing the
Family and Defending Life
CFC
FI AND ALL ITS MINISTRIES
STAND ALONGSIDE THE PHILIPPINE
CATHOLIC CHURCH IN OPPOSING
THE CURRENT PHILIPPINE CONGRESSIONAL
HOUSEBILL NO. 5043
SEC.
12 of HB 5043. Mandatory
Age-Appropriate Reproductive
Health Education.
– recognizing the
importance of reproductive
rights in empowering the
youth and developing them
into responsible adults,
Reproductive Health Education
in an age-appropriate manner
shall be taught by adequately
trained teachers starting
from Grade 5
up to Fourth Year High School.
What is wrong with
this Section of RH 5043?
1) Grade 5 (10-11
years old) and 4th Year
High School (approximately
15-16 years old)
This
is the Latency Period
in the Psychosexual development
of a child:
The
fourth stage of psychosexual
development in psychoanalytic
theory, from about five
years to puberty,
during which a child
apparently represses
sexual urges and prefers
to associate with members
of the same sex. [American
Heritage Dictionary]
The stage begins around
the time that children
enter into school and
become more concerned
with peer relationships,
hobbies, and other interests.
The latent period is
a time of exploration
in which the sexual
energy is still present,
but it is directed into
other areas such as
intellectual pursuits
and social interactions.
This stage is important
in the development of
social and communication
skills and self-confidence.
[Freud's Stages of Psychosexual
Development]
2) From Familiaris Consortio:
Pope
John Paul II refers to
this time as the years
of innocence
(Fam. Consot. Para. 36)
They deserve to have their
innocence protected.
"
the family is the securest
forum through which
to present delicate
matters of sexuality.
Sex education is not
just another form of
catechetical instruction,
nor does it qualify
as education in the
strictest term. Education
in these delicate matters
must be very gradual
and only the parent
can ascertain where
the child is at.”
In (Para. 36) "The
right and duty of parents
to give education is essential,
since it is connected
with the transmission
of human life; it is original
and primary with regard
to the educational role
of others, on account
of the uniqueness of the
loving relationship between
parents and children;
and it is irreplaceable
and inalienable, and therefore
incapable of being entirely
delegated to others or
usurped by others.”
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