Parenting - Sex Education for children

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muki Richard In my view, i would rather not say something, but i would like to say that more of such educative films are produced and people have to learn from them. God bless us and i wish us all a happy X.mass in advance. 12/2/2010
A. Humanist How many moons are there on your planet? "Teach your child how he/she can abstain from lust and obey celibacy." - yeah sure. That's like saying you can spend the rest of the year in that sweet shop but you're not allowed to buy anything. Get realistic here, please. This is not the 1930s.

Your attitude towards AIDS is also completely skewed. "80% of the AIDS patients made the mistake..." Made the mistake?! 80%? Where do you get this figure. Yes, unprotected sex accounts for the vast majority of AIDS-related diseases but what percentage of these people affected have been ill-educated about sexual health and contraception; how many follow the strict Roman Catholic doctrine of NO contraception? So which mistake did they make? Saying that most AIDS sufferers "made a mistake" is an appalling betrayal of the truth. Look at Africa and how the world has neglected the over-population, lack of proper education and lack of contraception and contraception advice. THEN you'll see the greater reasons for the AIDS epidemic. And please, I'm not singling out Africa here, I'm merely using that as one example. Most Third Wold countries are left in similar states, but it's not just their problem. This is a problem for all of us.

Why do you not mention contraception? Or would that mean you'd be condoning pre-marital sex? The (correct) use of condoms is a major prevention of sexually transmitted diseases, let alone a nearly failsafe prevention of unwanted pregnancies.

Sex education for children IS extremely important, but if you think you can tell your child to "just say no" then you are living on a different planet. Talk to them about ALL the effects of growing up, physical AND emotional. And do it early, BEFORE they become teenagers. I'm only in my early forties but attitudes have changed SO much since I was at that stage - we all have to accept children are experimenting at a younger age, so arm them with all the facts and tell them of your own experiences - do NOT tell them that lust is bad and evil, and celibacy is the only way. Trust me, if you employ that attitude they will seek and learn more from their friends and from the internet. Is that what you want? They are better hearing the FACTS from someone they know and trust, and at a time before they start rebelling against everything you say!

So much for the modern enlightenment. With attitudes like yours I fear for humanity.		 6/22/2009
taylor brown well i think it's descosting and i will nerver
have sex it is nasty.!		 4/24/2009
bteng Oh, propaganda. Why don't you once mention condoms in this article? You're just scaring parents into creating more taboos.

Ooh, SEX! I said it! I'm so dirty! Shame on me.		 10/20/2008
Lauren x Thats so right x 3/8/2008
Unknown Sachin, i find your advise very helpful thank you 6/21/2007
bob Teach your child how he/she can abstain from lust and obey celibacy????
Goodluck!!

stfu ok your comments are lame gtfo		 6/21/2007
Sachin I think the values of abstinence and self control are hypocritical and over rated. We are humans and the sexual urge is as natural an urge as any other physical urges and this whole process of wanting to control "lust" is a failed point. It has failed because of the arrogance of assuming that people must and should "control" their natural urges,
Children only do what they see in the world and it is futile to ask them not to be violent when the parents are fighting and hitting each other, it is pointles to ask them to be kind, caring and loving when the parents are bullies, it is no use to ask them to have good manners when the parents do not even know how the first word word about manners, similarly it is pointless to ask children to abstain when they are going to grow up in a world of semi nude advertising, vulgar films, distorted perceptions about sexuality and the other sex, fistorted perceptions about relationships and physical intimacy, no ideas about personal spaces, "bad touch" etc. What is needed is to develop the sense that phyical intimacy is a natural and wonderful experience and that there is much more to life than wandering sexual relationships. The need is to bring up children with the value that the most important thing in their personal lives is long term healthy relationships.
It is in this background that sex education and awareness about AIDS etc will make a difference, otherwise all talk will be like a smoker who smokes despite reading about the dangers of smoking.
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khadijah why you won't your turn the you would no when the time is right 8/26/2006
danny Teach your child how he/she can abstain from lust and obey celibacy????
Goodluck!!		 6/29/2006
JUAN DIEGO I think that it is very important for children to learn sex education. It will most likely prevent them from doing anything stupid. It will help prevent teens from having unpretected sex so that they cant get STD's or HIV or any other sexual transmitted diseases. So i think it is very important for the children and teens to know all about the safety and importance of sex education 9/14/2005
sex how to have sex 5/10/2005
roy is an good 2 give sex education 2 child 4 saver sex 5/3/2005
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