The Good And Bad Of Sex

Perhaps the single most important message that your child needs to hear about sex is that just like a coin it has two sides. Without sex, none of us would be here today. Sex creates new life! Think about that. A sperm that’s microscopic joins with an egg cell the size of a grain of sand and about nine months later a fully formed human being about six pounds in weight and nineteen inches long is created. Absolutely amazing! In my opinion, there is nothing more incredible than that fact. But turn the coin over. Sex can kill you. What an interesting juxtaposition that one is; the same behavior that creates a life can also take a life! Turn the coin back over. Sex can make two people who care deeply for one another feel even closer to each other. Physically rewarding intimacy with another person is something that so many of us want and seek, and when we experience it our lives can be thoroughly enhanced. But turn the coin over again. The same behavior that has so enriched our lives can be catastrophic and horrible: witness the devastation of teenage pregnancy, AIDS, sexual assault, sexual bullying, and the like. We want them to be able to make sense of a confusing sexual world and we want them to be able to distinguish between the bad parts and the good aspects of sex and sexuality.