Next They'll Be Wanting to Burn Them

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The other possibility is that we just don't care about our children which, unfortunately, is often the case.

I don't think that's often the case at all. If anything, it's a case of being overprotective as parents. Many parents will not discuss such important matters as sex or drugs with their children, perhaps out of some deranged belief that by not discussing it they cannot learn about it. But making any subject taboo to a teenager is likely to make them even more curious and more determined to learn, even if it's on their own, or from friends of the same age, or via experimentation.

And in my experience, the most likely parents to avoid discussing such important topics with their children are religious parents. At best, most of them will simply use the threat of hellfire or "don't disappoint Jesus" and think that it's enough to do the job, then they are utterly shocked and often devastated when they learn that their child acted the way any misinformed teenager will act.

At worst, these are the same parents who will take action to stop schools from providing children with information on sex and drugs and the possible consequences of indulging in either. So not only do they want to stick their own heads in the sand, they want to keep everyone's kids ignorant, as if not telling them will somehow miraculously stop their sexual drive in its tracks. And they strenuously resist any attempts to provide kids with birth control, or even information about it, which is why in the USA, a country that is largely religious and largely Christian, teen pregnancy and abortion rates are among the highest in the world.

Good job, guys.

Your post didn't answer my comment at all. I said that we should teach children about sex and the consequences, the most important one being the birth of a child who deserves to be loved and cared for. Also to we should show the importance of love being part of the sexual experience. So you somehow infer that I advocate parents not talking to their children about sex and not allowing sex education in schools. My comments refer to teaching them the right things about sex. When you talk about christians not talking to their children about sex, you're perpetuating a false stereotype. But you are right about one thing - we do tell them they shouldn't have sex until married. It's really traumatic for them. My kids are so maladjusted. And they hate me too!