Presidential hopeful Barack Obama has proclaimed sex education for kindergarteners is “the right thing to do”.

ABC News’ Teddy Davis and Lindsey Ellerson Report: Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., told Planned Parenthood Tuesday that sex education for kindergarteners, as long as it is “age-appropriate,” is “the right thing to do.”

“I remember Alan Keyes . . . I remember him using this in his campaign against me,” Obama said in reference to the conservative firebrand who ran against him for the U.S. Senate in 2004. Sex education for kindergarteners had become an issue in his race against Keyes because of Obama’s work on the issue as chairman of the health committee in the Illinois state Senate.

“‘Barack Obama supports teaching sex education to kindergarteners,’” said Obama mimicking Keyes’ distinctive style of speech. “Which — I didn’t know what to tell him (laughter).”

“But it’s the right thing to do,” Obama continued, “to provide age-appropriate sex education, science-based sex education in schools.”

I started kindergarten at almost five years of age. I didn’t know anything about sex nor did I care. All I knew was girls had to sit when they used the bathroom and boys had to stand, and I was jealous that I couldn’t stand. End of curiosity.

Has life changed so much in the last 55 years that kids aged 5 & 6 need to have sex ed in kindergarten? Are they less innocent than kids that age half a century ago?

My experience with a five year old grandson tells me no. He runs around our house without his shorts on, preferring to wear his boxer briefs with all their colorful characters on them than his pants. He’s not embarrassed to have me come to the bathroom while he’s in there or to come into the bathroom while I’m in there. I’m embarrassed when he comes in on me to excitedly tell me something after I’ve showered but it doesn’t faze him in the least.

What could anyone possibly teach this child that is “age-appropriate” without making him aware of things he should be blissfully ignorant of for a little while longer so he can remain that innocent little child?

Tell me, Mr. Obama, just what does a child that age need to know about sex?