I was sitting in the mall with my grandma one day during a long day
of shopping. We were people watching. I don’t know if anyone else
out there does that but it’s really quite fun. Anyway, back on the
subject. After about 10 minutes,
my grandma suddenly burst out in indignation. She was shocked about
“….what young people were wearing these days.”
She could see how young girls were dressing to attract the opposite
sex. Most of the were very successful and had boyfriends stringing
along carrying their bags full of more clothes for same purpose.
We discussed reasons why things had changed so much since she was
young. Our consensus was that parents and the media were the most to
blame.
The last of which concerns me most today. The media has been
introducing children and young adults to the things about sex that
their parents should be teaching them. When kids get comfortable
with sexual things, it becomes easier for them to talk to their
boyfriends/girlfriends about sex and eventually have sex themselves.
This behavior is what is leading to
the heightened rates of teen pregnancy, STDs, and abortions.
There
seem to be no signs of
change, even with Hollywood's claim to clean up it’s act. My only
hope is that parents will learn a lesson from what is happening and
do the though thing. Talk to your kids about sex, and lay down some
rules to prevent unplanned pregnancies. Don’t let the media guide
your kids down that path.
