The Griffon News

In middle school when the big sex-ed seminar was held at my school, I didn’t think it was a big deal.

We had already covered sex-ed in my physical education class.

I didn’t think I knew all there was to know about sex and sexual behaviors, but I thought I had the basics down pretty well.

I was sure of that fact because I had been taught about my body and how it worked - for the most part.

I am thinking of drafting a document that I will hand my daughter explaining how her body works and how it affects her sexuality and probably the sexuality of the little boys around her.

I would certainly tell her that she should wait to have sex until she is fully informed of the consequences and the risks that are taken with each sexual act.

This is a hot issue for the future elections. Whether or not we should educate our children on their sexuality or keep the in the dark by preaching abstinence and hoping that “don’t do it”

is enough.

I vividly remember taking the True Love Waits vow in middle school.

The youth of the community were all gathered in this massive church.

We watched the videos of how to deter sex and how to say, “No.”

However, within a few years, several of the people I went to the rally with ended up with anything from babies to rumors of having multiple sex partners.

Let’s face the facts. Young bodies are full of hormones that are screaming; yet the young minds don’t know what the hell is happening.

If they don’t understand their own bodies and the hormones that control them, how are they supposed to know how to not just give into the screaming hormones?

A vow to self and God sometimes are no match for a confused teen with raging hormones.

Sprinkle a little peer pressure on that and you have a recipe for sexual disaster.

Teaching our children about their bodies and how to respond to the demands within will help greatly.

Of course it is not the most comfortable discussion to have with someone you used to push in a stroller and loving wipe the drool from his/her chin.

Teen pregnancy can be prevented and it should start at home.

Just as my mother did with me, teach your children about their bodies.

My generation should make it a goal to be that parent whose child knows the variety of STDs and knows how to not get pregnant, because we taught them what they needed to know. If

you aren’t in favor of having your child learn about human sexuality and sex education at school, do them a favor and tell them yourself.

Preaching abstinence does nothing but arouse the curiosity of the cat.

Since morality in the country is in the toilet, telling your child to not have sex and ending the conversation there is fruitless.

When the child turns on the TV and sees sexual images in everything from butter commercials to evening sitcoms, what are they to do?

STDs are at an all-time high. If teaching sex education to a child doesn’t seem necessary, think about the health risks they will face uninformed.

Ignorance is bliss for some, but for sexual education, it’s just plain stupid.