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I was just thinking about this topic. Really its been on my mind since a thread against circumcision. Keeping foreskin helps your son have a more pleasurable sexual experience. I want my kids to pick good partners and have great sex.

Great article! DH gets so aggravated at me because I'll talk about hoping that G has a happy, healthy sex life, but I know he agrees with me

I read this a while ago and loved it. I hope my daughter has a healthy relationship with her body and with sex. Sex is a hugely important part of life, it shouldn't be shameful or unpleasant.

I love the more liberal look on life and this is how my parents were wtih me. My mom always told me "If you want to wait until marriage that is fine, however I'm not expecting you too. If you find a man you love, sex is part of a romantic relationship, come to me and we can discuss anything."

I think every girl (soon to be woman) will make her own desicions regardless of what her parents teach her, I just want my daughter to know that sex is important but also something that so much better with an emotional connection & serious feelings behind it. I also want to make sure she's smart about it and doesn't feel like she has to hid it from me. I will for sure be the mom taking her to get BC if she becomes initimate & I will not make her feel bad about it.

@Greentea: me too in a way. My parents were really open about talking about sex, but when I started experimenting they couldn't handle it. I remember bleeding after my second time and copped yo a lesser act when I asked my mom to take me to the doctor. She said the most vile things to me on our drive there.

@Mamaof2: that line made me cringe a little...just because for me, personally, going out and having sex with people just because I felt like it, wasn't a good idea. I hope my kids use more common sense. The rest of the article I agree with though.

@Greentea: I was too. I hated it...I want to be open as a parent about this subject. I also want my children to wait for someone they love and like the article said, share an emotional connection and mutual respect

I kinda agree. I especially dislike when people are less worried about their sons' sexual behaviour and then are over protective of their daughters. Even my own DH has said he'd be more upset to find out his daughter is not a virgin than is son. I just don't get that.

At the same time, I have a more conservative view of sex. I think the fewer partners, the better. The more careful you are about who you share that with, the better. I would like to strike some sort of balance and I think educating our daughters on sex is important rather than just saying she shouldn't have it.