Can we talk about sex please

By Laura Walubengo

Being a teenager used to be a cool thing in the 80s and I’m sure even before that (I stand to be corrected). Most kids can’t wait for that magic age – 13. Nowadays, however, it is quite evident that things are a bit different.

Those days everything was a laugh, and the main struggle was finding out where you fit in and don’t fit in when it comes to peer pressure. Nowadays, frequent cases of men and women preying on young girls and boys, begs the young teens to be more cautious than ever.

As if that’s not enough, the joys of discovery are no longer innocent because there is too much exposure on TV, on the radio and the internet as well!

Teenage pregnancies are no longer classified as scandalous, they are unfortunate. Cases of young boys being abused by their nannies or ‘aunties’ are more common and though still hidden, fathers can even get advice from one another on the how to deal …

I need not mention how traumatising these experiences are for the children and parents alike.

But I do feel that this could be the right time for sex education to be taken with more than just a pinch of salt. It should be mandatory for children of a certain age to know …what sex is all about. All of this thanks to the sobriety demanded of us in the current world we live in. Parents and guardians need to teach their children how to differentiate the inappropriate from the curiosity; the growing from the ignorant mistakes.

Unfortunately, a lot of the young teens know what they see but understand very little about what is wrong and what is right. They also know little about how to protect themselves from harm.

Somebody needs to teach them, and parents and guardians are perfectly suited for this job. Schools can teach the biology, but parents need to make their children understand wrong from right.

It is by far one of the most uncomfortable subjects to discuss with children. But current affairs do not favour them and we are almost duty bound to prepare them for any eventualities.

A friend of mine likes to say that the reason kids grow up so fast nowadays is because of Genetically Modified foods; others blame it on ‘Blue-Band Good Start’, but the fact of the matter is they need education, as a means of protection.

Our kids need as much help as they can get to secure a good future for themselves and for us. So aside from sex education, knowledge of karate is a plus.

Can we talk about sex please

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