Reclaiming Sex in the Church

Parents please make sure you are having these conversations with your kids.

To this day, I thank God for a mother who willingly went there with me and continued to go there as I had questions throughout my developmental years. She met my curiosity with sound, honest answers. I never felt ashamed or embarrassed to ask her about sex because she allowed it to be a safe topic.

1. Remove the Shame
2. Have Realistic Expectations
3. Know God Better
4. Talk about Sex

And I think it starts in the home. Parents are the most powerful agents in helping their children explore, clarify, and understand sexuality. Even in choosing to be silent, parents are reinforcing curiosity and confusion around the topic. I am not a parent, and I cannot imagine the discomfort I would feel walking in on my 10-year-old child masturbating or watching pornography. I would most likely want to avoid the topic at all costs. But discomfort is not an excuse for avoidance. I believe parents have the privilege, and simultaneous responsibility, to create a safe place for their children to discuss all aspects of sex.

Being a parent means having the tough conversations even if we don’t want to. If you don’t teach your kids on these topics someone else will. We don’t want current pop culture teaching our kids about sex.

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