Well, I recalled a conversation with my more senior
colleagues of generation X....They were quite shocked when I mentioned casually
that I am going to teach my daughter
about sex.
Erm....
Why the hell NOT?
I deem
that sex is still a taboo to them.
Blame the media, again. Haha. From a young age, our children (not just them, my generation too) are exposed
to sexual images and languages in their environment. Hearing teenagers nowadays
so nonchalantly bragging about their sexual experience, just make me queasy and
uncomfortable. They should be decorating the boardroom of English Club or
organizing Pandu Puteri stuff or singing in a choir in the Music Club.
Definitely not this kind of extracurricular activity!
But can we stop them? Maybe. Maybe not.
Can we control their every single move? Maybe. Maybe not.
Can we control their urges? Ehh... how ah?
Pretending that sex never existed helps? You really think so?
I think they should be educated from the moment they start
to ask questions.
I’m not asking you to SUDDENLY show a condom and banana to your ten-year-old inappropriately out of the blue. -__-
If and when he/she starts to inquire about sex la....
If not, do you think they won’t seek answers from our
ever-available friend of Google or worse, try it out themselves?
Otherwise… I guess I will have the talk, say at fourteen?
Gosh… I hope not
earlier or else, I would freak and have a heart attack!
Would you rather your baby girl receive flawed information
from strangers in the other side of the world via the Internet forum or wrong
misguided information form their peers "who
have done it"?
Why not from credible and safe sources like you,
the parent!
Right? Of course I am right!
Look at the statistic, so many unwanted pregnancies and most of them end up in orphanages. Teaching them to be safe can hopefully help them be safe.
Well.... I, myself am going to sit Baby Maya (when she reaches
appropriate age, of course) down and have THE TALK one day.
Honestly.......
Personally I think
that sex education is immensely important. To every child.
Not just Baby Maya. But especially Baby Maya.
Why? Because she is mine la! Haha.
1. This can help prevent unwanted unplanned teenage
pregnancy and being a female, she has more to lose than a male if she was to
have out-of-wed-child.
2. Premarital pregnancy can potentially affects her future, her whatever
dreams and aspirations. Let alone her chance of finding her true love one day.
If
being a mother holds a certain challenge even for me (and I have a supportive
husband and stable financially), you can multiply by a millionth for a teenage
mother, with no stable income (actually, no income at all), no certificate, no nothing. What if
the teenage father decides to run away and hide? Or even if he does face the
responsibility, they get married and then what?
They obviously won’t know what
they are getting themselves into.
3. What will happen to your baby's baby? Your baby would stop schooling? Start working? Stop then continue at older age?
Not that Dear Hubby
and I won’t be helping them out!
Just that the younger ones have to be enlightened about
the consequences of their actions.
4. The risk of sexually-transmitted diseases (STD) and HIV. They should learn the
importance of protecting themselves. Medical problem of such can greatly shatter
her quality of life leading to emotional and mental instability.
Aiyoh... So many things to worry about.
With their bodies experiencing and developing sexual
responsiveness and raging hormones, their curiosity is inevitable.
In my
opinion, sex education helps to clarify - not to confuse or to encourage - the
issues for them.
Teach them about intimacy, the meaning of sex,
sexual expression.
Enlighten them about their gender identity, reproductive
system, birth control and STDs.
Tell them why it is important to WAIT.
Don't you agree?
Sex education – Are you in or out?
No pun intended. Haha.
Stay Safe!
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