Sadie says:
November 15, 2006 @ 11:42AM EST
This is a subject I dread talking with my kids about. Its not so much about their embarrassment as it is mine. However, I know I never got the discussion from my parents and it would have been nice to learn it from them and not through discussion with my friends! You want to make sure they have all of the correct information.
Alycia de Mesa says:
November 23, 2006 @ 8:40PM EST
This is a wonderfully informative and enlightened approach to talking to kids and young people about sex, and what happens when parents shirk their responsibilities of talking with their children. If we want to see the behaviors and attitudes of our youth change for the better, we need to begin by doing our part! Thanks for this great program.
Michelle Boyd says:
December 2, 2006 @ 8:09PM EST
I really am so glad that this programs exists. It is long overdue. It is imperative that we begin to be more proactive about equipping teens with valuable information about how to have positive healthy relationships. So many kids just don't know how to handle peer pressure and/or their hormones. If we give them the tools and what I call "golden nuggets", those bits of information that will cause them to think before they do something they will regret. I am also committed to educating my kids and others that will listen. I hope this program continues to be aired because i know that it will make a difference. The information and topics that was shared focused on real issues and that is what has been missing. Thank you for caring and being courageous enough to challenge parents to examine how they have handled the subject of sex and realtionships with their kids. I believe we all can take it a step further and reach out to kids that may be having problems talking with their parents.
Toni says:
December 9, 2006 @ 8:46PM EST
I really enjoyed this program. My 16 year old daughter watched some of it. I agree with what the program stated. I have been talking to my children about sex for years. I also explain about diseases. My 16 year old lets me know when it is a little to graphic for her. But I would rather they learn the right things instead of misinformation. I have also told them about my past and the age that I started having sex and the reason that I decided to have sex so that they understood that decission this important needs to thought through, not jumped into, because once you lose your virginity, you can not get it back. Make sure the person you give it to is worth something that special.
Lou Befano says:
December 23, 2006 @ 1:07PM EST
I think this program is misleading and not properly directed. It essentially blames parents for the problem because we do not talk to our kids. We did, from an early age. We had mixed success. There is a limit to what parents can do in the face of the liberalism of our society and culture that eschews traditional values, morality and the foundation of religion. The media is complicant in this degradation and this program not only does nothing to address the primary causes, but further perpetuates the problem by diverting attention from the source of the problem.
Elizaldi M says:
January 7, 2007 @ 1:11PM EST
I watched this program on how to talk to your kids on sex. I think this is a great program. I have been a single parent for 12 yrs now, not much help from their father. I brought up to my kids about safe sex but they always said to me "you dont need to tell me because we have sex education in school. so I usually left it alone. My kids are now 18 and 21. I have brought it up to them several times during their teenage years but they always seemed uncomfortable talking w/me. After seeing this program I feel I should have brought it up more? My son who is 21 is going to be a dad. I am very upset that he said he didnt use protection and he is excited about being a dad,but I have been trying to explain how difficult this will be. We actually had another talk 6 months before this happened. I feel I have brought up about
sex to my kids but maybe not enough. It was somewhat difficult to start that conversation. I feel I possibly failed them but not bringing it up more. ME
Sandra says:
January 8, 2007 @ 12:39PM EST
I just had to let you know that I really enjoyed the segment. I have a 17 year old that daughter that I woke up on Sunday morning along with one of her Girlfriends that spent the night to get up and watch. In which they did and I think that was very beneficial on both ends. We talked after the show had went off. I told them about my experience when I was a teenager. Then they shared with me how they felt. Please have more eye opening stories. I really would appreciate it. Thanks.
Jennifer says:
January 16, 2007 @ 1:36PM EST
Just wanted to congratulate you on the great program you presented this morning. My husband and I called in our 15-year-old daughter to watch it with us and we all benefited from the information. Thank you!
Kimberlie Mulliskie says:
January 21, 2007 @ 8:02PM EST
I enjoyed the program, although I was not as fortunate. My 15 year old daughter is pregnant and I nearly lost my mind!! I talked to my daughters about sex all the time and told them the consequences of having sex early. Sometimes you can talk, talk, talk, and they are listening, but they still want to see for themselves. Peer pressure also plays a big part in teenage sex. When your friends are doing it and you're getting pressured by your boyfriend it becomes alot to deal with.
Sherri says:
January 21, 2007 @ 8:14PM EST
I felt that the program was very biased. It stated that 2/3 of kids having sex before high school graduation regretted it. Why did they not interview anyone from the other 33%? Especially since it is a substantial number of teens. Talking to your children is always the right move, but that doesn't mean they won't be ready for sex as a teen. Some people will get all the facts and be ready for sex at 16. Others will be more comfortable starting around 22. Everyone is different and as someone who is still completely happy with her decision to have sex at 16 I didn't appreciate the biased direction of the program. After four years of being sexually active I am still not pregnant - something the film would have parents believe is an impossibility.
Jenny Baxter says:
January 28, 2007 @ 10:20PM EST
This program is a must for everyone that has children. As educators and parents we need to guide our children through this most natural act. Many of us can remember being in their place. We experienced sex for all the wrong reasons. I am glad that we are finally addressing a problem that is nation wide in such a direct and knowledgeable manner. Remember knowledge is power!
Annie says:
January 28, 2007 @ 10:31PM EST
I have a wonderful 18 year old daughter, salutatorian of her high school class, and now a student at a protégés college. She was raised by her father; a loving man, also an alcoholic, and me. Her father passed away from an alcohol related accident her junior summer in high school. The way we survived was we were and are friends. I’m not one to speak out but I’ve heard one too many times. “You’re not their friend, you’re their parent.” NO. You are their friend and their parent. Look it up. Friend: 1. one attached to another by affection or esteem. 2. One that is not hostile. My daughter loves me and I love her in return. I’ve never had a more honest friendship in my life, and that is why I think that she is a “wonderful 18 year old.” Life happens; it’s what you do with it that matters.
Roxanne Stiles-Donnelly says:
January 29, 2007 @ 7:26PM EST
I would like to commend you on this program. It is so important to talk to our teens, however many parents do not have the skills to do so. This program opens the doors to allow parents to discuss sex with their teens, and know that it is alright to discuss the topic. Each generation has something to offer the next, and its important to pass along skills that allow for better communication. Television is the major source of information for so many, and its nice to see a broadcast company step up to the plate and provide good information to its viewers.
Robin says:
February 3, 2007 @ 3:12PM EST
Those Born 1930-1979!
TO ALL THE KIDS
WHO SURVIVED the
1930's 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's !!
First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant.
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.
Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-based paints.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we
rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking.
As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, booster seats, seat belts or air bags.
Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat.
We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.
We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and
NO ONE actually died from this.
We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank koolade made with sugar, but we weren't overweight because .
WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING !
We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.
No one was able to reach us all day.
And we were O.K.
We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down
the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's, no cell phones, no personal computer! s, no Internet or chat rooms.......
WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!
We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no
lawsuits from these accidents.
We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.
We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays,
made up games with sticks and tennis balls and, although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes.
We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang
the bell, or just walked in and talked to them!
Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of.
They actually sided with the law!
These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever!
The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.
We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned
HOW TO
DEAL WITH IT ALL!
If YOU are one of them . . . CONGRATULATIONS!
You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as
kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated so much of our lives
for our own good .
And while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave (and lucky) their parents were.
Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?!
