In six years of teaching sex education, Beach only had two kids whose parents didn't want their children being taught sex education, and Nelson has had one student not attend his sex education class. Nelson and Beach have kept parents informed through giving out their phone numbers and giving parents outlines of the days' lessons. Beach held a parent night before he started the sex education unit every year. At the parents' night Beach would address the parents concerns and from hearing parents concerns he decided to edit the movie, The Miracle of Life, before showing it to his classes. When he teaches the sex education unit in his health class, Nelson also wants to dispel the myths about sex and all related topics.
Kids hear untrue things in the hallways and from their friends about sex.
A lot of what they hear they don't feel comfortable talking to their parents about, so Nelson has a question box by the door of his classroom, where students can write questions on 3 x 5 cards and put them into the box as they leave class each day. At the end of the unit, Nelson devotes two or three days to answering the questions on the cards. From the questions on the cards, Nelson can tell that some students need clarification on many of the myths that they have heard from their friends. They found some teens believe that douching with cola or vinegar after sex, jumping up and down after sex and even pushing on their belly buttons after sex, will prevent pregnancy. A car is neat, an outfit is neat, a baby is not.