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Some Sex-Ed Guides Offer Teens Bad Information, Abstinence Advocate Warns


(AgapePress) - Abstinence Clearinghouse president Leslee Unruh says some guides to puberty that the American Medical Association (AMA) is promoting are too graphic for their intended audiences.

For instance, the book titled Girl's Guide to Becoming a Teen and the corresponding Boys Guide give information on the transition into adolescence; however, Unruh says there's no reason for these books to include explicit discussions of oral sex or language that "normalizes" homosexuality.

"We look at the guides and say parents need to, first of all, be the primary sex educators of their children," the Abstinence Clearinghouse spokeswoman notes. "And we don't believe that graphic imagery, with all the new data that has been given with the brain research, is a healthy way of looking at your child's sexuality," she adds.

Also, Unruh emphasizes, "we believe it's really important that abstinence until marriage be first and foremost." But she says what the Girl's Guide and Boy's Guide books offer is poor advice about sexuality, inappropriate discussions and illustrations, and language suggesting to young people that there is nothing unusual or abnormal about being attracted to someone of the same gender.

"With all the information," the abstinence education advocate asserts, "it is almost alluding to the fact that this is a normal behavior and making kids know more about this than they need to know." Meanwhile, she says, they fail to address the kind of information young people need most.

"We really need to start raising the bar, if you would, in talking to kids about real intimacy and love versus lust and explaining what lust is all about," Unruh contends. She says the type of information to be found in many of the books the AMA is promoting should further encourage parents to be the primary sex educator for their own teen and preteen children.

Pastor Roger,

Brother, it wasn't long ago that it was a felony in nearly all states to expose minors to this type of material, especially those with graphics and photographs. This was a crime at one time that was associated with the "sicko" in the neighborhood who tried to molest children. Now, it appears that the "sickos" trying to molest our children are in the schools, not just teaching and showing pornography, but increasingly physically molesting our children.

My question is beginning to be , "when are the American people going to say NO?" When will enough parents even notice what is being done to our children? WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO GET PARENTS' ATTENTION THESE DAYS? Are parents calling evil good with their silence and lack of action? YES!

Love In Christ,
Tom

When will parents start being parents again?