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Are Parents qualified to teach about STD's and there preventions, as well as signs and symptoms. The Failed Abstinence only policy has an entire generation that has no Idea what to watch out for as far as Clap Syph, Hell I did not even know what with a good Sex Ed program what HPV was till it bit me in the behind in the 80's. Families are not dispassionate enough to deal frankly and honestly with there children when it comes to sexual Health. Lets go back to bundling boards.
It'd be great IF all parents taught sex-ed to their kids. But, we all know they don't. The parents that don't endanger their kids by allowing them to get quite possibly false info.And the one's that do,even with us teaching our two girls,they made their own decisions on that.So far,our 17 yr. old son hasn't ignored what we've told him, and is going into the USMC this summer,without having to be a young Dad.Our lesson? Teens are going to do what they're going to do. And I taught HIV/AIDS in TN.
Right. Most parents have abdicated their parental responsibilities in my town. Teenagers roam the streets in mobs, pilfering, stealing, and picking pockets, picking fights in the subway and are generally lawless in DC. Our schools need comprehensive sex education since parents can't seem to get over their own embarassment about sex. The article doesn't say it, but parents want to control the amount and kind of information their kids get instead of educating them.
That kind of response always amases me.. and where do parent get their own education about sex??? Actually, considering the current knowledge they have no surprise their kids know so little!
Nydja Wages
A child's mind is a blank canvas, they learn quickly from what they see & hear. I believe it is a very important job for parents to recognize they are the initial painters of that canvas, they can confirm, deny, and correct the false outside stimulation they children receive from their peers. If you love your children, communication will save their lives!!, Just like you teach the alphabet, teach them the name and definition of every disease out there.. That's homework to be handed in to momma.
February 1, 2011 • Atlanta, Ga