The birds and the bees is the quintessential “sex talk” that most parents give their children when they think the time is right. However, typical sexual talk in schools is very different from what most parents prefer. Seventy-five percent of parents want their children to receive a comprehensive sex education program. Only 15% of parents support abstinence-only education (Kelly). Goldman writes in her article, Sex Education, that there is much more to comprehensive education than many people think. A comprehensive school-based sex education program addresses biological and reproductive knowledge, rational, moral and ethical values, communication skills, decision-making, relationship negotiation. skills, socio-cultural understandings and improvement of self-concept and self-esteem in the context of being a participatory member of a democratic society and a responsible citizen, integrated in an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approach, and delivered professionally at through each year of school life. Comprehensive sex education is more beneficial for students than any other program because students need to know all this information. With parents supporting such a program, why aren't more schools listening? Children mature faster and need all the information they have before making a decision. Laws and funding for sex education changed with Barack Obama coming to power. Recent action in the House of Representatives “approved amendments to the health care bill that would allow for a more comprehensive approach while maintaining the traditional message of abstinence until marriage” (Clark 1). The REAL Act, The Responsible Education About Life Act, funds programs...... middle of document...... all aspects of a comprehensive curriculum are taught. October 2006. Youth Defenders. March 20, 2010. Bruggink, Heidi. “Miseducation: The Truth About Abstinence-Only Sex Education Programs.” » Humanist (2007): 4 Points of View Reference Center. EBSCO. Internet. March 22, 2010. Campos, David. “Sex, youth and sexual education”. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, INC., 2002. Clark, Rebecca. “Sex education will see changes this fall.” Star, July 1, 2009: Points of View Ref Center. EBSCO. Internet. March 22, 2010. Goldman, Juliette. “Sex Education” Kelly, Katy. “Don’t do it.” US News and World Report October 17, 2005: 8. Business Source Premier. EBSCO. Internet. March 22, 2010. Luker, Kristin. “When sex goes to school.” New York: WW Norton & Company, 2006. Williams, Mary E. “Sex: Opposing Views.” San Diego: Greenhaven Press Inc..., 2006.