How a Baby is Made was supposed to be my sex-ed playbook as a kid. Written by Per Holm Knudsen in 1975, the book was a gift from my aunt and took a refreshingly honest approach to sex, complete with groovy and explicit drawings
Too explicit, it turns out for my 10-year-old self.
Instead, the book gathered dust on the very top shelf of our kitchen cupboard. My dad never let me see it, shielding me from learning how the mother and a father at the center of the book make a baby.
Like an overprotective parent, Ontario Premier Doug Ford, too, is rolling back the sex ed curriculum in Ontario.
The Progressive Conservative Party announced on July 11 it would revert to the province?s previous health and physical education curriculum from 1998. Which doesn?t sound like it was that long ago. Until you realize it was the same year as the Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky scandal, that Y2K was a very real threat, and that the Spice Girls were currently singing ?Stop right now, thank you very much.? Back in 1998, kids didn?t need to worry about sexting or online bullying. Same-sex marriage wouldn?t be legal for another five years in Canada and free online porn wasn?t as easy to access as cable television. But in September 2018, according to Action Canada for Sexual Health & Rights, Ontario students will receive one of the most outdated health curriculums in Canada.

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