Chapter 63 Chapter 9 Sexuality and Human Values: Important Issues for Careful Approach

Parents' sex education for their children begins with their own attitudes towards sex.Do they like to see, smell, touch their own bodies, or do they think there is something unpleasant about them?Would they be happy to see each other naked, or would they shyly close their eyes and get dressed?Do they have anything particularly distasteful about their own or their partner's gender, or do they appreciate it?Do they see each other as inconsiderate, selfish, or exciting advocates of shared joy? Whatever their parents' unspoken feelings, children feel them, even when their words try to hide them.That's why it's so difficult to tell parents how to answer their kids' questions about sex.The parents' own confusion in this area must first be acknowledged, and their concerns and embarrassments corrected.