SIX-year-olds are sent home with extremely graphic ‘safer sex’ instructions
Education bosses have apologized to horrified parents after young pupils received letters alluding to genital warts, syphilis, and even vaginal, anal and oral sex, after a viral skin infection outbreak.
An outraged dad of a year one student at Ipswich West State School, west of Brisbane, told news.com.au that he and his wife were “absolutely mortified” to read the “safer sex” tips in the note sent home last Friday.
Youngsters were handed information about an outbreak of molluscum contagiosum, a generally harmless condition that commonly affects children, at the school.
The viral infection affects the skin – appearing as small clusters of spots – and is most often found in the armpit, behind the knees or on the groin, according to the NHS.
And, the infection can be spread between adults during sex – as pointed out in the Queensland Health fact sheet, sent home with pupils alongside the Ipswich school’s letter warning of the outbreak.