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wild (but not uncultivated) musings of a Canadian unschool momHome | Archives | contact The Sweetest Compliment a Man Could Get1:44 AM - Jun. 10, 2007 - Add to the Wildness
Teaching our teens about when and when not to have sex is often the primary, if not sole, focus of sex education--Christian or not. Today, though, we got an object lesson in a far deeper aspect of training in healthy living. One of Dave's younger cousins recently ended up not planning on getting married. This beautiful girl, who is just past the edge of autonomous adulthood, came up to Dave today and said the following: When she was small, she wanted to marry him, till she found out they were cousins. Then the plan was off. But even now, she said, if she could find a man like him, that's who she'd marry. She told him (quite accurately) that he can be fun, he can be caring, he can be in control, and regardless of which mode he's in, he's still the same guy. In other words, none of it's an act. Being about ten years younger, she watched him grow up, and although the contacts were few and far between, they had a deep impact. Now that's some kind of sex education--something he didn't even realize he was imparting to a young woman who would go through a vulnerable, difficult time years later. Quite unintentionally, he imparted to her a sense of what a real man should be. And that's just a cousin. How much more a father or mother or other, closer influence? So, my big affirmation for today is, the core of sex ed should not be merely sex, but surrounding kids with role models who can demonstrate that there are people out there who can meet high standards of character. I only hope my kids will seek out lifemates who'll live with a heart for God's standards, simply because they've seen that it's not pie in the sky the way the world tries to tell them it is. ----------------------------------------------------------- © Copyright 2005, 2006, 2007 Lazy Creek Online. This blog content is not authorized for reproduction outside of the HomeschoolBlogger.com hosting site and Lazy Creek websites. Violations may be reported to Cathi-Lyn Dyck at: www.Lazycreek.net
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