Teaching Kids Sexual Purity

[254 words] Our culture is in a sexual free fall. The average age for first-time sexual intercourse for boys is 15.9 (girls 16.2). The vast majority of students are sexual by the time they are high school seniors. By the way, the percentage of “Christian” kids is no different. Parents don’t know what to do. They know how poorly prohibition worked in their generation, yet they also know that their teens are not prepared for sexual activity. Above all, God’s will on the subject is clear. What to do? Throwing our hands in the air isn’t the answer. Neither is wringing them. Here are seven simple suggestions: 1. Talk openly to your kids. Refusing to talk about it leads to feelings of shame or embarrassment, about which there should be no shame or embarrassment. 2. Help them understand both beauty and boundaries. The beauty of God’s gift and the boundaries…