It's important to protect your child's innocence. We live in a world of predators. Unfortunately most predators will never meet your child. Most predators will never invade your home or your child's school. Most predators take the cowards route into the heart and mind of your child. Through the TV and Internet predators are "teaching" your child to lay down his/her youth for the sting of premature adulthood.
Movies promote that young boys should lose their virginity at the tender age of 10-12, while young girls should experiment with sexual ideas by the age of 10.
Parents have always allowed young girls to play house and pretend to be mothers as young as preschool. Young preschool boys played hunter and pretended to go to work like their dads. Imitating parents is a good thing for children. However, predators have decided to make their jobs easier by attacking the natural walls of childhood and making it "acceptable" to talk sex with a small child. I cringe thinking about the fact that some pedophiles and perverts are actually making movies, influencing TV and Internet and writing books designed to destroy the natural protection walls of youth.
So what's a parent to do? Protect your child from media that suggests it's good for a small child to think about sex. Give them time to develop their own personalities - without outside influence - before introducing the sexual theme. If your child asks about sex - ask questions first....answer honestly - but don't introduce information that's not required until it's age appropriate. A child asked his mother where he came from. She went into a 30 minute explanation. He looked at her with a quizzed expression and said, "Johnny said he was born in Mexico and he wondered where I came from.
Give your child a great gift - give him/her an innocent childhood. They will thank you for it!
See my new post on Family Tracks - Are you infected with this terrible disease?
Seeking His Wisdom,
Debbie
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