Sex education: family teaches more than school ever can
Mrs White's approach was to show the children an illustrated book in which a bearded Dane tackled Mrs Dane in a rather earnest way, recalls Michael White
How young is too young to learn about sex?
Now primary schools are going to have to teach children where babies come from. Shouldn't parents have some say?
Compulsory sex education for primary schools
Government review likely to say children must learn about human body and relationships
The importance of being prepared
Rowenna Davis: As an organisation that claims to be about the transition to adulthood, the Scouts are right to offer advice on sex
Baden-Powell would have poured cold water on sex education for scouts
The scouting movement's founder said boys should put their energy into hiking and enjoying the outdoors, not smutty talk. But times have moved on
Sex guidance and condoms help scouts to be prepared
Scout Association to give sexual health advice to 14-18 year olds and may also issue condoms
Sex guidance will help scouts be prepared
Scout Association to give sexual health advice to 14-18 year old scouts and may also issue condoms
Pupils’ personal development ‘as important as maths’
Primary schools "should give equal weight to guiding children on healthy living, sex and drugs"
Children misled by playground myths about sex
Young teens believe you can't get pregnant standing up and you can reuse a condom if you wash it
Teach primary school pupils about sex, say MPs
Cross-party group of MPs calls on the government to make advice on sexual health and relationships mandatory in all schools
‘My body is wrong’
Should children who believe they are transgender be helped to change sex? Viv Groskop meets the parents and doctors in favour of intervention
What’s the best way to get pregnant?
Fertility treatment no more effective than recommendations on when couples should have sex
Health: Soya-based foods may harm male fertility, say scientists
Harvard study finds that chemical that mimics female sex hormone is linked to lower sperm counts
The global war on sex education
Sarah Wildman: In the US and abroad, the Bush administration has severely restricted women's access to contraception
The sex factor
Britain has the highest teenage-pregnancy rate in western Europe, but efforts to curb it through earlier sex education are enraging the rightwing press and making parents squirm. So how can schools get the balance right? Mary Braid investigates