Re: Abstinence? Did I Miss the Boat?
^ Doesn’t say much about the whole friggin’ community, actually. But yeah, sounds like a good movie.
Anyway, this is an interesting topic. Should kids be told to forget all about sex (abstinence), or told how to have safe sex, so they can avoid STDs and pregnancies. I guess most will say, both. However, many researchers (mostly right wing christians) say that in teens minds, this creates confusion and jumbled messages. For a number of years schools in US had gone for sex-ed and how to avoid teen-age pregnancies through use of condoms. There is no harm in trying the “full-stop” approach of abstinence. Soon enough we will find out which approach actually works better.
Though most important is the role of parents. And as Madhanee alluded to, parents need to have a close relationship with their kids and share with them their own moral/religious/social values on such issues. Leaving it all up to schools is a bad idea.