Today in the Star newspaper, there was this little article :-

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It’s okay to talk to children about sex and drugs, parents told

KUALA LUMPUR: It is not wrong for parents to talk about safe sex and drug addiction to their children.

Health Ministry director-general Tan Sri Dr Ismail Merican, who said this, added that children needed to be educated on those issues, especially on how HIV/AIDS is spread.

“There has to be education from the community and schools and it should start early. More parents should be talking about safe sex.

“At least get them involved in other interesting activities,” he added.

Dr Ismail said parents should themselves be “educated and comfortable enough” to delve on such issues.

“They have to have a level of understanding themselves. It is not just talking about sex. They can talk about HIV/AIDS and clean needles or safe sexual practices,” he added.

He suggested that such discourse begin when the children entered secondary school.

“It may be more difficult once they are in college or university. There is also too much exposure in the media and Internet about such topics,” he added.

Dr Ismail had earlier delivered a special address at the Global Strategies on HIV and AIDS ahead of the Asia Media Summit 2007, which starts today.

According to Health Ministry statistics, there are 76,000 HIV/AIDS cases with more than 6,000 new ones diagnosed as of December last year.

I think the Title should have been, “Parents MUST talk about Sex to their Kids”. And they should be doing it at a very young age. In fact parents should be the one to educate them on not only the Birds and Bees, but on all things like HIV/AIDS, Drugs, and everything! Its your duty as a parent to make sure your child grows up to be a good person, somebody who will be a positive influence to the community at large. After all, which loving parent doesn’t want the best for their kid and keep them safe from all harm. They cannot be truly safe if they don’t know what dangers are out there, and you cannot expect them to be educated on things by other people. If you are not the one who teaches them, they will find out one way or another. The only difference is you will never know if the information they get from their friends / internet  is accurate or not. I remember reading once that a kid told another kid that you the girl won’t get pregant if you have sex for the first time, only to find out it wasn’t true. Stories like that are everywhere. Education is the only way, and parents should be the one who does it.

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