…that watching those shows is an Effect and not a Cause?

Do you really want to take away that TV and make ‘em go outside and play with the boys?

You see news like this quite frequently. If it’s not TV, then it is video games. If not video games, then it’s movies. What I really want to know is the side of things they never seem to study, such as the validity of comments like the one I just quoted above. I for one would really like to know. Personally my parents never discussed sex with me. I’m willing to bet most parents are afraid to what with how uptight North American society has always been taught to be regarding the subject. Children and teenagers are influenced by everything they see and hear as they grow up. Absolutely everything. It is not enough for parents to simply tell their kids what is right and wrong. They are much smarter than anyone tends to give them credit for and a lot of parents tend to be too overprotective as well. You have to sit them down and explain why something is right or wrong, and even more important is that your actions must always reflect what it is you are trying to teach them regardless of the subject. One way or another they are going to start learning about sex at a young age and not just from TV. This has been true since long before the TV was invented. The sooner you teach your children, the better. I truly wish someone had taken me aside and done exactly that when I was young, that’s for sure. Lessons last a lifetime. So do scars.

“I object to all this sex on TV. I mean, I keep falling off.”