I'm a big proponent of communicating about sex with your kids at every age -- obviously the messages change in content and detail as the kids get older...but I think that it's possible to create a healthy knowledge about sex in your kids.

Also, I think the self-respect issue is far larger than sex...sex is just a manifestation. Kids need their parents' love, time, and respect...and some don't get it.

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Life is too short not to love and be loved....preferably multiple times in one night.

I think men talk to women so they can sleep with them and women sleep with men so they can talk to them. ~ Jay McInerney