OMG! Sex!

[Talon]

Stork?

I thought this was how we came into the world: (Spoilers, maybe NSFW)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paFPXRrDQqg

[Apathy]

Why are people so uptight about sex? How else do they think they got on this Earth - by a stork?

I don't know where you live, but here in the Midwest a lot of people have a rod up their asses about sex, and think the best way to parent is to try and keep all information about sex from hitting their child's ears.

Of course, that's pretty stupid. (IMHO) Kids are going to do stuff, so you might as well give them the information they'll need to understand the situation and make informed choices. Also, the parent that shares the info makes it so the kid might ask them any questions they have, whereas the kid with the draconian parent only has the internet and their friends to turn to.

[wagegoth]

We've discussed sex things with our sons as they come up. The biggest: ALWAYS WEAR A CONDOM. They're human. They're going to have sex. The only thing I've asked is that they not do it just to do it the first time. I don't mean they have to have found "the one," just don't sleep with a girl because you want to get it over with.

[Auto]

W However, parents still have the right to prohibit material they see as unfit as long as the person in question is a minor.

True.

It's up to parents to monitor their kids.

Complaining to a store about what their kid bought crosses the line. We're not cops and we're not your kid's guardians.

If the kid can legally buy the product, and from the original post I'm a little unclear on what dad is griping about, then the store shouldn't be put in a position of having to decide which kid is allowed to buy what.

[PepperElf]

Hmmm... think of this though... At least they're reading!

But yeah... when it comes to bookstores, they don't normally carry any age-restricted materials.

Heck, come to think of it, while growing up... Going to the library, if sis or I wanted to check a book out Mom would let us. If it was in the library we were allowed to read it. (partly because when Mom was growing up the librarians would refuse to let her borrow some books because she felt she shouldn't read them)

[AriRashkae]

Why are people so uptight about sex? How else do they think they got on this Earth - by a stork?

My husband was watching Ninja Scroll last night. He told me (and I agree) that it says something very disturbing about America that the casual nudity will be blurred out, but the violent decapitations will be shown in full glory.

[Broomjockey]

that it says something very disturbing about America that the casual nudity will be blurred out, but the violent decapitations will be shown in full glory.

First off, that's a Fratching statement. Second, they do that in Japan quite often as well. They blur out sex organs, but show guts and blood no problem, so your statement doesn't even actually say anything about America. If anyone wishes to debate that, see my first sentence.

[Drakstern]

I was spun from chaos by the mad dreaming of Azathoth

The monotonous piping gets to you after a while, really...

[Geek King]

I was spun from chaos by the mad dreaming of Azathoth

I willed myself into being. Nothingness is boring.

[dalesys]

I was spun from chaos by the mad dreaming of Azathoth

You're all fig newtons of my imagination.

The cookies will behave ... or else!

[fireheart]

I was bought up with the understanding that sex wasn't until you're older (duh), although mum took me and my sister (both when we were about 7, she's now 15, I'm 18) to a talk that was prepared by a group called Family Life. Basically, they did the "where did I come from?" lecture for parents who had trouble trying to tell the same thing to their kids. One of the highlights of the lecture was when we were covering the female anatomy and the lecturer went "now it's called a vul-VAH, not a vul-VO"

Later on, even though I was getting all the info in our sex ed classes (this was when I was about 12/13) mum took me to the "what's happening to me?" lecture which dealt with puberty. Didn't give us info on birth control though. We got plenty of THAT info from three years worth of sex ed classes. (started in Year 6 in primary school covering the basic anatomy and puberty deal, then Year 7 talked about birth control and STIs, Year 8/9 gave a version of both). All four years I had to watch a cartoon video that was based on the "What's happening to me?" lecture. Of course, being teenagers, watching the guy about to do a dive and bo-oi-oi-oi-i-n-g!

[Mike Taylor]

You're all fig newtons of my imagination.

The cookies will behave ... or else!

Yes, or we shall all be consumed by...

THE COOKIE MONSTER!

[PhotoChick]

Likewise, they made sure to correct a lot medically unsound advice that was being passed off as "factual" in my high school health class. It helps when your folks work in a hospital.

I'm just wondering what they told you guys.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

I'm just wondering what they told you guys.

They probably showed them Fuzzy Bunny's Guide To You-Know-What.

"Ewwwwwwwww!"
"She's faking it."