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Ontario has introduced a sweeping new sexual education program for the digital age that will cover everything from proper names for body parts in Grade 1, to sexting in Grade 7, to healthy sexual relationships in Grade 12.

The province’s schoolchildren will be introduced to concepts like sexual consent and the reality of same-sex parenting alongside more traditional lessons on puberty, birth control and preventing sexually transmitted diseases.

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The new curriculum, to be implemented at all grade levels by September, has been met with outrage from some conservative and Christian groups that think it will provide too much information to too young an audience, and that parents should be responsible for imparting such life lessons according to their own values.

In fact, Ontario’s effort should be applauded. It is a bold move to address the profound lack of reliable information for youth in today’s hyper-sexualized and highly digital culture, where pornography is plentiful and even mainstream fare like music videos are rife with confusing messages about sex.