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Dear Friends,
How may one teach sexuality within the context of a religion course to teenagers?
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Instruct the parents first. Then give them approprate materials, and ask the parents to do the teaching.
But why are you posing the question on the ByzanTeen Forum? I would think this belongs in another forum.
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Dear Father Deacon,
I thought this should be here because this is the section dedicated to teenage issues (?)
Please feel free to move it wherever you feel it should be, Father Deacon!
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Actually, the ByzanTeen forum is listed as "a meeting place for ByzanTeens." Since we are both beyond our teen years, let's move it to "Town Hall."
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Dear Father Deacon, Are you saying that when teenagers meet they don't talk about sex?  I bow to your decision! Alex
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Alex,
Your Catholic Natural Family Planning office has a seminar called "The Wonder of Myself" (or something similar). My wife took my daughter to it (a parent must attend with their teen). Perhaps you could get a natural family planning instructor to come to your religious ed class to present all or part of this program.
My wife gives the program a thumbs up.
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Dear Father Deacon John,
Please accept my apology for having given offense to you with my comment above.
Alex
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Alex,
Personally, I thought it was a cute quip!
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Personally, I thought it was a cute quip! So did I. As a school teacher, I wouldn't even think about teaching teenagers about sex. They know much more about it than I do. 
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Sorry, Alex, but I did not not see your last comment until this evening. Had I seen it earlier, I would not be offended, but rather deem the comment inprudent for a forum designed for teens. Given the fact that there are predators lurking about in cyberspace, I certainly would not want someone to misconstrue your comments on the Byzantine Forum.
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Hi the best sex education is a book called "Good News about Sex & Marriage" by Christopher West. It has like questions and honest answers about human sexuality according to the Catholic Teaching. I just finished that book and it's truly a G-d send to have the book. I HIGHLY recommend the books not only to the teens but to EVERYONE. It is a summurized comprehensive book based on John Paul's Theology of the Body. You can find it in: www.christopherwest.com [ http] You can also look in www.giftfoundation.org [ giftfoundation.org] as well. I promise you, you will NOT regret it. In there, it speaks of Western Language, but the concept is very Eastern. Blessings, SPDundas Deaf Byzantine A Deaf guy who knows all about the fundamentals of Human Sexuality
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A Deaf guy who knows all about the fundamentals of Human Sexuality I hear you on that one. It was fundamental human sexuality that kept me in deep trouble with my parents through most of my teens.
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My brother who is 14 now knows moe about sex than I did when I was his age. Was I such an innocent child?????????   Anton
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My brother who is 14 now knows moe about sex than I did when I was his age. Was I such an innocent child?????????
I taught middle school for 1 semester last year - that would be ages 13-15, approximately. The students talk openly with each other and in front of the teachers about sexual things. I think part of the reason for their sexual knowledge is that movies and television have changed so much since I was a kid. Thats where they pick up a lot of their sexual knowledge. Most of them have spent large amounts of time in front of the TV by the time they reach their teens.
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