Half of Young Americans to Get Sex Diseases

[ryaldin]

Originally posted by WillowIX: quote: Originally posted by ryaldin: I disagree. Parents should be involved in their kids' lives. Something as unsubstantial as "It's embarassing" is hardly justification for shirking responsibility in talking to your kids (and vice versa). And despite the arguments and the conflicts that regularly occur during adolescence, teenagers are still (in my opinion; I've no concrete evidence to substantiate my claim) more likely to listen to advice from their mother and/or father, than from an unfamiliar authority figure.

Advice yes, education, well in this case no. I wouldn't be able to educate my children about syphilis. We are talking about two different things here. The basics, such as why to use and how to use a condom should of course from the parents as well, as well as to really emphasise the importance. But I doubt many parents would be able to educate their children about sexually transmitted diseases. Encouragement/warnings/conditions at home, but education by professionals. Throw in visits to clinics as well. [/QUOTE]Now did you have to be all congenial about it? I was looking forwards to getting in a good row with somebody

[WillowIX]

Originally posted by ryaldin: Now did you have to be all congenial about it? I was looking forwards to getting in a good row with somebody

Why get upset when you weren't realy addressing my post? [img]tongue.gif[/img] [img]tongue.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/hidesbehindsofa.gif[/img] But if you want to "get into a row" I'll introduce you to some people here. I'm not the best "target" though.

[Jerr Conner]

Just to throw in my two cents, I do believe that parents should tell their kids about sex when the time comes for them to now. (That came out more like "When they want to have sex" when I'm not meaning that at all! lol!)

But I also think their should be other sources. Especially with safe sex. Yes, uncomfortability is a bad cop-out, but I could never imagine my parents trying to teach me about STDs. We'd both have been uncomfortable! Of course, this is just my own personal view. I was much more comfortable learning about STDs in school. Well...until the slide show, and hardly anything makes me weak of stomach!

So I think Sex Ed. should be an option (Not a requirement, unless they really want to decrease STDs).