Well, I am sure that many of you are reading about my state’s governor who will be resigning on March 17 due to his sexual improprieties. I expect that not a few parents and their children are discussing this headline that just won’t go away.

MSNBC reports almost simultaneously that researchers at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have found in the first study of its kind that at least one in 4 teenage American girls has a sexually transmitted disease. The most common one is a virus that can cause cervical cancer. link

The duty of a parent to be his or her child’s first and best teacher about such matters cannot be underlined enough times. The osmosis approach to teaching your child expects your child to pick up your values and guidance by being in close proximity to you. This approach to teaching your child is at best, naive and at worse, irresponsible. My strongest recommendation is that parents pro actively assume the responsibility of teacher for his or her child.