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Blue Crack Addict
maude said:I believe that it is the parents responsiblity to teach their children about sex, however I do realize that many fail in this duty. I would be interested in seeing some statistics as to whether these planned parenthood and sex education classes actually are worthwhile in preventing unwanted pregnancies, diseases, etc.
As a parent, I agree, it is my responsibility to teach my children about sex but being a parent does not make me an expert. There are many books out there than can help but the best one I found is be Meg Hickling and it is called 'Speaking of Sex - What Your Children Need To Know And When They Need To Know It'. This book helped me answer the beginning questions from my children but also told me when to tell my children things.
In this book she speaks of many reasons to educate your children about sex. For me the most important reason is that knowledge is protection. Protection from sexual predators, diseases and unplanned pregnancies.
At the beginning of her book she mentions a study, published in Autumn 1998 by the United Nations, it reads "a study done around the world said sexual health education tends to encourage students to wait to have sex until they are older. The report also said that students who have had sexual health education have fewer partners, fewer unplanned pregnancies, and fewer sexually transmitted diseases than those who have not had this kind of education."