While the children fantasize about sex, the parents deny its existence, leaving room for seriously conflicting messaging. One of the greatest challenges of parenting today is teaching young people to develop healthy attitude towards sex, without burdening them with guilt and the fear of sexual repression that morph into serious psychological problems in adulthood.
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When Your Girl Wants a Child
I have been accused of many things but this latest one really got me thinking. Someone sent me an unsigned e-mail, saying, “Doesn’t anything serious ever take place in your life Pala?” and I thought to myself, “What’s more serious than a girl dumping you for being sensitive or driving a post World War II
Naivety And Sudden Motherhood
Innocence, they say is bliss. But I propose what we really need to do is fight naivety. Naivety is an ignored notion yet it persists across the board and is complicating most women’s’ lives unnecessarily. Nowadays, girls can be unnecessarily stupid; it is not even funny anymore.
In the absence of grandmothers, radicals and religious zealots pretty