I made the mistake of turning on the television one day last week. It happened to be tuned to the channel hosting (in that particular moment) the Dr. Phil show and he was in the middle of a sentence saying something about eleven-year-olds having s*e*x!?!
I had to sit down.
Oh don't get me wrong. I certainly don't find sex unsettling... I find the idea of 11-year-olds, in a culture that seems to be totally captivated by and ridiculously prudish about sex, stepping into that quagmire before they've even figured out how to support themselves, a sad yet ludicrous thing.
In all fairness... I didn't watch much of the show, or any show for that matter. I turned the TV off and went for a walk. Found myself pondering this subject as I watched the children in my neighborhood get off school buses, celebrating their freedom for the day, just as generations before them celebrated the same thing.
As I greeted the kids I have to admit I found myself wondering if there was really truth to the comments I heard that it's not just the high school kids that are sexually active... or the middle school kids, it was now an activity engaged in by children in elementary school. If true, what is going on?
Wouldn't it be worth it for us to explore what it is that would have kids, whether 11, 12, 15 or 17, thinking engaging in sex makes sense?
Maybe it's a search for intimacy?
Maybe it's a drive for authentic pleasure?
Maybe it's simply to flaunt authority?
Maybe it's mere imitation?
Whatever it is, if it were up to me... I'd ask them!
So I will!
I'll let you know what I hear, until then why not ask your kids about their thoughts?
--Mary K
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