On sexual education: Talk is free, but ignorance can be costly
By Lynne Varner, Seattle Times editorial columnist One of the burdens of our puritanical past is that Americans can't help but become nervous when talk turns to sex, the repressed equivalent of growing quiet when the conversation turns to money. But give us a break; the people sitting around me that evening were parents of children between the ages of 5 and 10. What could sex possibly have to do with kids so young? Hence our nervousness. Turns out denial isn't just a river in Egypt. It is a state of mind for us parents who were hoping to spring "the talk" on our children just before we escorted them down the aisle. OK, maybe not that late. But am I the only one who was waiting for the sex-education class at school?
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