KIDS NEED MORE SEX

Our taboo about sex education is damaging the lives of children and adults.

What did he say?!? More sex? Is this guy a pervert or a clown? Or the devil? He’s certainly unChristian.

I assure you that I’m not a pervert or a clown. I am very serious about this.

I believe that our failure to educate our children about sex, either adequately or at all, makes our society emotionally dysfunctional in our relationships and vulnerable to corporate exploitation of sex.

Let me explain the problem as I see it, and then propose a solution.

My Qualifications

First of all, who am I to be talking about this? I am not a psychiatrist or a psychologist or even a sociologist. I read the studies about sex education when they come my way, but I have not engaged in any great statistical research.

In my opinion, as a general matter, those studies tell us very little about how to educate the children standing in front of us. Statistical studies are often subject to multiple contradictions and are even dangerous if they are deemed to be “the facts”.

I am 76, and sex stopped being a major factor in my successful marriage (38 years) a while ago. But I have raised six now-adult children, 11 grandchildren (so far), taught hundreds, and coached hundreds more. And I was once a teenager and young adult when sex was everything. I and a couple of my children have been the victims of sexual abuse. I trust that experience more than any study.