Sexuality in children is not only an issue across the world but very specifically in Georgia. One big factor that has caused Georgians to approach the topic of sex very cautiously is religion. Georgia, being a southern state, falls into the Bible belt. With 37,307,567 (57.6% of

Parenting is difficult and indeed a fulltime job. If parents choose to let society raise their children, then it isn’t the society who is to blame. Issues of sexuality need to be confronted, discussed and tackled. Times have indeed changed, but that is no excuse for the parenting efforts to dwindle. If parents take on a more active duty in the lives of their own children, school policies can be improved, children can be informed, and parents can be at ease. The more knowledge made available to children, the less confusion there will be about what is right and wrong. Although human sexuality is indeed a difficult topic to discuss with children, it can not be ignored. Children earn the right to learn, but someone has to be there to teach them.

Sex is an issue that is constantly being promoted in the world around children, while parents and educators choose to ignore it. Although abstinence may be the best way, it is indeed not the only. If children are going to ‘jump in the pool,’ someone needs to teach them how to swim. Ideas such as contraceptives and issues that surround sex other than biological ones should be discussed.

Two issues that seem to be reoccurring is the physical aspect of sexuality and the psychological. The physical aspect of sexuality has brought attention to a few very specific cases in Georgia. Many of these cases are issues of rape and molestation. Two thousand two hundred ninety-nine cases of rape were reported in 1998. The effects of rape and molestation on a child’s health can be very detrimental to their well-being. One specific news article from the Atlanta Constitutional Journal on child molestation depicts the poor education given to a 13-year-old boy. The boy was molested by his Tae Kwon Do instructor and didn’t come forward with the information until another concerned parent brought up the issue. A little boy was touching his sister in inappropriate way because he too was molested by the Tae Kwon Do instructor. When the boy’s parents asked him what he was doing, his response was “Mr. Fiek touched me like that.” The little boy had no knowledge of the situation and didn’t know not only what he was doing to his sister was wrong, but also what his instructor was doing to him was wrong. There were 21 other accounts brought up against the instructor once the initial complaint

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