The first of our guests here today is the Catholic school educator.
Reid Mihalko, a sex and relationship expert, calls what he does edutainment. He does everything from PG to PG-13 workshops for the younger ones (called Cuddle Parties), to R-rated presentations at colleges and universities about healthy intimacy and safe sex. His opinion on proper sex education, even from a younger age, is that it leads to more self-esteem, more self-confidence and gives you the skills for when you do end up having sex, whenever that may be.
As for the average teenager, the answer is pretty basic. They do want to understand what it is that goes on when you have sex, the consequences of that and how all of that stuff down there works. And since they can't get that knowledge in school and definitely NOT from their parents, they have to turn to other places for info (magazines like Cosmo, the internet, porn even). Places where information may not be right and is definitely hyped up. Places that don't give them everything they need to know, including how all the Bible feels about this stuff. But, hey, they'll take what they can get.
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