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My church is in the middle of a class for married couples- yesterday’s topic was about sex, and one of the questions was how we, as parents, have explained or plan to explain to our children what God’s intent for sex is.
This lead everybody way off track, talking not about what they teach their kids, but rather what sexual topics their kids are dealing with at school. One father stated that he found out a bunch of teenage boys are taking bets on who will take his daughter’s virginity. A mother talked about how her third grader found pictures of boys holding hands and girls holding hands drawn on a bathroom stall and her child wanted to know what that meant. A junior high teacher told us that kids are constantly making out in the halls at school and much of the time it’s girls with girls or boys with boys. She said nobody knows what to do about it for fear of offending somebody.
There were so many stories; but the common theme in them all is that kids are being exposed to this stuff at school all the time- and the common consensus in our class was that Christian parents have to step up and teach their own children what God intended for marriage and sex so they aren’t confused and taught wrongly by their peers- and teachers.
So, my questions for you-
How old should a child be when they start learning about sexual topics?
How can parents give their kids a firm, Godly understanding of sex and marriage?
If you have experience with this, what did you tell your children?
Do you think that Christian families should even send their children to public school, given how poorly sexual topics are handled?
This lead everybody way off track, talking not about what they teach their kids, but rather what sexual topics their kids are dealing with at school. One father stated that he found out a bunch of teenage boys are taking bets on who will take his daughter’s virginity. A mother talked about how her third grader found pictures of boys holding hands and girls holding hands drawn on a bathroom stall and her child wanted to know what that meant. A junior high teacher told us that kids are constantly making out in the halls at school and much of the time it’s girls with girls or boys with boys. She said nobody knows what to do about it for fear of offending somebody.
There were so many stories; but the common theme in them all is that kids are being exposed to this stuff at school all the time- and the common consensus in our class was that Christian parents have to step up and teach their own children what God intended for marriage and sex so they aren’t confused and taught wrongly by their peers- and teachers.
So, my questions for you-
How old should a child be when they start learning about sexual topics?
How can parents give their kids a firm, Godly understanding of sex and marriage?
If you have experience with this, what did you tell your children?
Do you think that Christian families should even send their children to public school, given how poorly sexual topics are handled?