LET’S TALK ABOUT SEX!!!

I remember at a young age wondering why my friends were laughing at a dirty joke because I didn’t understand it. As I grew up I began to notice that my friends knew a lot about SEX and I didn’t know anything. Well I thought my friends knew, but just like me they didn’t anything. Growing up SEX was not discussed, explained or even mentioned in my home. I don’t know if it’s a Latino thing or my parents didn’t really know what to say. Unfortunately, I learned what my friends and what the media said about SEX and it was not a healthy view on SEX.

I could only imagine what it might be like to be a parent and now you have to inform your child what SEX is. It might be the most difficult thing for a parent to do because you don’t want your child to get any ideas or look at you the wrong way. But it will be one the most important things a parent could ever give their child. Information from a loved one that can explain what it means to wait and to become one with their spouse is the greatest advice you could ever give your child. Most kids want their parents to inform them and believe it or not they will appreciate it.

6 out of 10 (59%) teens say their PARENTS are their role models of healthy, responsible relationships.

Nearly 9 out of 10 (88%) teens say it would be easier to avoid early sexual activity and teen pregnancy if they were able to have more open, honest conversations about these topics with their PARENTS.

I want to encourage parents to inform their children about SEX because if you don’t the media and their peers will do the informing. I believe parents have the ability to change their children’s views on many things and one is SEX. In our program Proud to Wait! We offer classes for parents that can assist them in speaking with their children about some touchy subjects, like SEX.

Even though my parents did not speak to me about SEX I had to make a conscious decision whether I was going to have SEX like my friends were or was I going to save myself for my future wife. My friends and the media told me that SEX is good and everyone is doing it. But the truth is that a little over 50% of young people reported that they have not had SEX. So in other words not everyone is doing it! Once again parents you have the power to influence your children. Don’t allow others to take your place in influencing your children. Take a stand and protect what is yours!!!

Proud To Wait!! Y Que!!!

Alfredo “Chito” Rosado

Sacramento Lead Instructor