It’s tempting to believe that our kids are getting most of their info on sex from school friends, television or the Internet. According to a recent study, most parents believe that’s true.
However, researchers involved in the same study claim that kids actually do treat their parents as their primary source of sex information.
Debra Bernat, a co-author in the study, explained, “Based on previous research … youth indicate that parents are a primary source of sex information for them and that parents most influence their decisions about sex.”
Yet by interviewing over 1,000 parents, they found that while almost all parents think they should be their child’s primary source of info, only a quarter of them actually believed that they were.
Childhood and adolescent sexuality specialist Nancy Irwin said in a press release related to the study, “This should be a wake-up call to parents: you and your kids want the exact same thing.
What’s missing are the proper tools.”
I’m starting a debate up in here.
Do you think Parents should be teach their kids about Sex? Why? Or Why not?
My opinion is I think Parents should teach their kids about Sex Education.