KNTV SEX

PROGRAMME 6: PREGNANCY, CHILDBIRTH AND PARENTHOOD

ACTIVITIES

Guidance

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Discussion

• What are all the stages leading up to a pregnancy?
• What are the main options for women who become pregnant? Who can provide support and help around the options?
• What did the programme say about childbirth? Was there enough information? What else would you like to know, if anything?
• Is there an ideal time to become a parent? When might this be?
• Kierky says parenthood is much more challenging for young people. Why might this be?

Activity ideas

• Sexual activity is one way to become pregnant and have a child. What other methods might people employ to become parents? Investigate adoption, surrogacy and in-vitro fertilisation (IVF). What are some of the issues surrounding these other ways of becoming a parent? When might they be appropriate, and what might be the challenges?
• Learn about the developmental stages between conception and childbirth. Go to the following NHS Choices website to look at slides showing a baby's development from the earliest stages:
  www.nhs.uk/conditions/Pregnancy/Pages/
  Introduction.aspx?url=Pages/what-is-it.aspx
• Work in groups to think about all that is required to bring up a baby – emotionally and financially. You could consider all of the items required for a new baby and add up the cost. (Don't forget childcare.) Also consider changes to the parents' social lives and the pressures their relationship may face.
• Read Flour Babies by Anne Fine, a novel that tells the story of Class 4C, charged with looking after flour babies as part of the annual school science fair. (See Find out more for ordering details.)