On November 3, 2008 the Washington Post reported a study that tracked the TV viewing habits of more than 700 17 year-olds for three years. The researchers found that teens who viewed the most sexual content on TV were about twice as likely to be involved in a pregnancy as those whose fault the least. This is further evidence of the need for parental supervision of the TV viewing habits in their home.
Earlier studies found the link between watching television shows with sexual content and becoming sexually active earlier. A link has also been shown to exist between teens’ viewing of sexually explicit music videos and an increased risk of sexually transmitted diseases.
Now for some good news! Previous research shows that teens who can talk to their parents about their sexuality are less likely to be sexually active than teens whose parents avoid talking to them about sex. My Parents First program teaches parents how to begin talking to their children about sex as soon as the child can talk. Beginning this life long dialogue early makes it much more comfortable for parents and teens to discuss sexuality together. You can learn more about this program at: www.teachthetruthaboutsex.com.
We often see our children’s friends and cousins roll their eyes when we tell our kids that they cannot watch a particular movie with those friends and cousins.
Interestingly, our older children have come to, rnot only, respect our rules for their young lives, but even choose not to watch movies with sexual content.
“Train up a child in the way he should go…”
By: listener4him on November 29, 2008
at 4:36 pm