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In this article, parents of children are in total denial that their children are sexually active. The parents also blame the other children for peer pressuring their child. Parents with a boy think that a girl with seduce him and parents with girls think a boy will take advantage of her. Neither side come to the conclusion that their child might be the initiator...
I have a strong opinion about the "sex talk." This is because I never got one. I think that as soon as a child starts asking questions about sex or things of that matter, that's when it's time. At this day and age this could be when they are ten years old. I do believe that with the right information children can make better educated decisions. Obviously, this is to the parents' discretion, but believe me, the children are probably already hearing about it at school from their friends or peers. Wouldn't you want to be the person to tell them about it? To make sure they have the right information? Anyways, sex is everywhere and it is hard to keep young children away from sexual content, material, and language.
I totally agree with you here. I had "the talk," but I had i at a pretty early age. As I had an older brother, it was inevitable that the subject wouldn't come up and that I wouldn't be curious. So we had the talk together! What was nice is that I got both sides of the talk -- what guys need to know, and what girls need to know, so I think in the end I benefited greatly from being informed earlier than many of my friends.
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