There's A CONDOM in The House!!!!

Parents!!! Imagine you are sitting on the couch after a long work day and you stumble across a condom in your child's backpack.  What would be your first thought? Let's say that your child is anywhere between the grades of 6th and 12th grade. What would be the first thing you do?

I have taught teenagers for the last fourteen years in both middle and high schools. Yes, they are thinking about sex.  I'm sorry if you don't want to accept this fact, but it is true.  They are thinking about it, talking about it, watching it, and of course, many are doing it. Yikes!  Think back to your teenage years. Pretty scary, huh?  Well in 2013 when there is not only a computer in almost every home, but the internet can be found on every cellphone, young people today have access to sex on a 24hour basis. (Yes, I've seen teenagers watching porn in school and I've caught them trying to act out the porn in schoool too!)

Sex!!! It's one of the many elephants in the room that no one wants to talk about and yet teen pregnancy seems to be more normal in high school than an art, drama, or  music program.  So I conclude this blog leaving you to ponder the following questions...

 1. How do you address the issue of sex with your child effectively?

2. How do you really know that your way is effective?

(Teenagers are smart.  They know what answers to give their parents and other adults. It doesn't mean that they are honest answers.)

3. Do you really know what's going on with your teenager when it comes to sex?

4. Do you know what's going on with your teenager's friends ( the folks teens really listen to) who are full of stories and advice about sex themselves?


Something to think about!!!