What is so taboo, about teaching sexual education to today’s youths? What is so private and mystifying that parents, won’t talk to their kids about practicing, not abstinence, but safe sex?
Okay heres my stand…I don’t believe in abstinence…maybe in a world 50 years ago, but definitely not today’s world. Our youths are too exposed to sexual images, the image of being perfectly skinny, and giving it up. The rap we listen to teaches our young boys how to treat women. Songs are no longer about stories, and innocent summer love, they’re about putting out, and seeking revenge when things don’t work out. What happened to good old led zeppelins’ ‘Going to California’? Everyone is walking in circles wondering why Arizona has the HIGHEST teen pregnancy rating…I’ll tell you why….It’s because we DON’T talk to our kids about sex, and if we are, it’s either way TOO EARLY, or way TOO LATE. If you talk to them before 6th/7th grade they won’t remember what you taught them, and by the time they’re a sophomore or junior year in high school, they probably know more about sex than you do. Our schools are teaching it in health education, but they aren’t spending enough time on it. I wish when I was in high school someone had told me how much it costs for baby formula, or a sonogram….I wish someone would’ve told me that some STD’s don’t ever go away. I wish someone would’ve had the decency to show me how to use a condom, just in case. But no one ever did, I learned that all on my own, IN COLLEGE. In my opinion that’s way to late to be learning about sex. Most of my friends have been through one of these things, and I too have experienced my own problems with being left out of the loop.
I will continue to preach SAFE SEX, NOT ABSTINENCE…Because come on lets face it, sex is just amazing, and well at the age of 16 you can bet teens hormones are raging, and rather then asking them to stop, which you know they wont, buy your son a box of condoms, put your daughter on birth control. Show them it costs 25 dollars for 1 can of powdered baby formula. And for goodness sakes, please and im begging here, if and when they come home to you and they are pregnant of their girlfriend is, try to be more understanding, and supportive. There are options out there.
Alright that’s the end of my rant, enjoy your weekend.
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