The glaring omission from sex education

Most teens would like to marry one day – but receive no guidance on how

July 15, 2015 | by Peter Jon Mitchell , Senior Researcher
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Endnotes

  1. Bibby, R.W. (2001). Canada’s teens. Toronto: Stoddart Pub. Table 4.6, p. 144.

  2. The average age of first marriage in Canada is 29.1 for women and 31.1 for men. Employment and Social Development Canada. Chart: Average age at first marriage, by gender, 1921-2008. Family   Life – Marriage. Retrieved from http://well-being.esdc.gc.ca/misme-iowb/.3ndic.1t.4r@-eng.jsp?iid=78

  3. Ryan, S., Franzetta, K., Schelar, E. and Manlove, J. (2009). Family structure history: Links to relationship formation behaviour in young adulthood. Journal of Marriage and Family, vol. 71, no. 4, p. 949.

  4. Ibid.

  5. Ryan, Franzetta, Schelar and Manlove, 2009, Family structure, p. 950.

  6. Ryan, Franzetta, Schelar and Manlove, 2009, Family structure, p. 949.

  7. Ryan, Franzetta, Schelar and Manlove, 2009, Family structure, p. 950.

  8. Amato, P.R. (2015). President’s report: Is marriage becoming passé? National Council on Family Relations. Retrieved from https://www.ncfr.org/ncfr-report/current-issue/presidents-report-marriage-becoming-pass

  9. Cross, P. & Mitchell, P.J. (2014, February). The marriage gap between rich and poor Canadians. Ottawa: IMFC. Retrieved from http://www.imfcanada.org/sites/default/files/event/CMD-FINAL.pdf
  10. Ontario Ministry of Education (2015). The Ontario curriculum grades 1 -8 – Health and physical education. p. 15. Retrieved from http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/elementary/health.html
  11. Ministry of Education (2015). The Ontario curriculum, p. 199.
  12. Jenkins, C.S.I., (2015, May 15). What’s love got to do with sex ed? Maybe everything. Globe and Mail. Retrieved fromhttp://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/whats-love-got-to-do-with-sex-ed-maybe-everything/article24456722/