Ironically, I've had a few people ask me about talking to kids about sex. Maybe it's just that they know I have a background with sex ed, or maybe it's something else. Given that my kids are currently 3 1/2 and 6 months, I'm pretty sure it isn't my personal experience with having 'The Talk'.
But I was browsing the Chicago Tribune and came across a story about 'The Talk'. A recent study on parent-child communication, published in Pediatrics, showed that by the time parents had "the Talk" about sex -- why it's better to wait, and birth control options -- more than 40 percent of teens in the sample already were having sex.
I can believe that! People don't want to believe that 10- 11- and 12-year old kids are having sex...but the truth is some of them are. One of my best childhood friends got pregnant in 8th grade. Granted the extenuating circumstances, but I was 9 years old when I lost my virginity.
For their sake, get over your modesty fetish and talk to your kids!
*hops of the soapbox and wanders away*
Amen and well said.
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