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Great Expectations
Recently I had a conversation with a parent about how he should discuss sex with his teenage son. His dilemma is one that I’ve heard from many parents just like him. To begin, I asked “What do you want for your son as far as sex is concerned?” His response, like so many other parents, was “Well, I’d like for him to wait for sex until marriage but I know that’s unrealistic.” When asked why he thought that was unrealistic he replied “Well, everybody’s doing it these days. And besides, I can’t expect him to wait…I didn’t.” Continue reading Great Expectations
…Still Leaving a Little for the Imagination?
Do you remember the old saying “Leave a Little for the Imagination?” I do. This phrase, usually directed towards females, suggested that a person’s clothes should not be so revealing that someone else doesn’t have to wonder what’s beneath them. My questions are, “Is this saying still valid today? What should be revealed and what shouldn’t? How short is too short? How low is too low? What is appropriate and what is inappropriate to wear in public? Whose responsibility is it to monitor what our kids are wearing?”
Recently I was teaching at a middle school in our county. The teacher of the class informed me that one of the students was sent home because her skirt was too short. He said that when the young lady’s mother showed up, she had the same exact skirt on as her daughter…go figure (that, in and of itself, can be a whole seperate issue!) Continue reading …Still Leaving a Little for the Imagination?