There have been more than a few recent wonderfully disturbing news items to emerge from the UK in recent weeks. But, when it comes to sex education and sexual morality, the UK seems to take the cake.

‘Parents should NOT tell their children what is ‘right or wrong’ about having sex, say ministers’ – That’s right, parents need to stay out of their kid’s ‘sex lives’ and let them make their own responsible choices. If they even broach the subject, it could cause the kids to be afraid to talk about it, developing a fear of ‘being open’. Their answer to this crisis of parent’s imposing sexual morality on their children? Teach sex education starting in primary school. Right.

Next story – Baby-faced boy Alfie Patten is father at 13

Hmmm…… Government to Parents: ‘Let your kids make their own sexual decisions.’ Kids to Parents: ‘OK then, but could you please watch my baby because I need to go back to PRIMARY school today. Oh, feed her too because I have lots of homework tonight.’

Where did we go so wrong?

Here is a great response on a UK news website by Melanie Phillips, criticizing the whole agenda in the UK that is producing such tragic stories as this.

Where is the love in these policies? How is treating children like adults the loving thing to do with such an integral aspect of their young lives? As Melanie Phillips put it, ‘What they actually needed, as all children do, was firm and consistent boundaries which taught them that sex was properly an adult activity…..So much for ‘informed choice’. Our society has abandoned its children by treating them prematurely as adults because it is too selfcentred to look after and protect them.’

The loving thing to do is to be the parents to the children God has given you. They are a gift, on loan to you from our Lord, and it is your responsibility to lovingly care for them in all aspects of their lives, including teaching them about sexuality. Our sexuality is such a wonderful, amazing gift, which society has twisted so far from its original meaning that it ruins so many lives, especially our children’s.

Love your kids – teach them the true meaning of their sexuality and help them prosper into adulthood, enjoying the life God intended for them, the one which sin attacks at every corner.