You hit it right, Equus.

Most parents, especially religious ones, refuse to admit that their little darling would ever be "bad". I have watched normal, intelligent friends completely and willfully discard all sense of objectivity when it came to their children. It's exactly how kids can become full blown alcoholics or drug users, and their parents honestly seem to have no clue.

I think the emphasis on abstinence-only is misguided and woefully out of touch with the reality of being 15. "If we don't talk about it, it doesn't happen."

I am very much in favor of serious, quality sex-ed. Education shouldn't be selectively only teaching what you find comfortable, it's about arming kids with ALL the facts, both good and bad. Things should never be glossed over. Anything else is a real disservice, and relying solely on narrow morality and social pressure is unrealistic.

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Unfortunately, the Founders did not address the possibility of this nation becoming populated with obnoxious twits.