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Sex Education of Children [message #50892]

Thu, 12 June 2008 17:01

unsui

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Re: Sex Education of Children [message #50896 is a reply to message #50892]

Thu, 12 June 2008 21:27

acam

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Dear Michael,
When it's our own children it's comparatively easy. It begins when they can ask questions and the questions just have to be answered honestly.

And there is no question of any kind of sexual relations with ones own children or with their friends.

But since morality consists of acting for the best it is a common mistake to think that teaching morality is teaching people how a church or culture has formed rules of behaviour. In fact, such rules cannot be the basis of morality since each of us has to decide whether we accept someone else's rules on every occasion we apply them.

How do we decide? By judging what actions are best and deciding whether to act according to the rules or not. So, many Roman Catholics use contraceptives, even though it is a sin (and, of course, like many sins, it is not wrong!).

However all kinds of problems occur when one has friends with children who come to us for advice - maybe because our own children have spilled the beans about our attitudes.

One of my friend's children - a boy who was quite beautiful - was absolutely gobsmacked when he found me wearing an aids ribbon at his parents' garden party. He had not realised I was gay although we must have spent a week or fortnight's holiday together every year from age ten to age sixteen. It turned out he had a lot of gay experience too!

But I'm glad I kept my hands off him!

Love,
Anthony

Re: Sex Education of Children [message #50899 is a reply to message #50896]

Thu, 12 June 2008 22:29

Benji

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I'm rather glad to say that the wife took care of my daughters questions early on, I just happened to be cleaning my guns when her dates started to appear early on in her dating. But the truth be known I never lied to her about any question she asked, I told her of what drugs I took naively when I was in 'nam and what I injested when I got back stateside. I also told her the truth of what I thought of drugs, I was dead set against it. I'm happy she may have triveled a bit but is not using anything. I'm sorry if I seem off-yopic but it does lead back to sex talk with your kid's, I am honest with her on anything she ask me, and believe me she loves to embarrass her old man. Thank-G_d, she thru that phase and on her own.

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