Originally Posted by mixedmedia

I don't think it's just being honest about sex or protective or unprotective of your daughters, it has more to do with allowing your children to develop as whole people. Not to suppress sexual thoughts and feelings and not to put too much emphasis on them, either.

I think it's important that we concentrate on children feeling secure, loved, respected leading to a healthy self-esteem. Not that these things will guarantee that your child will postpone having sex or will not be sexually experimental, but it will improve the chances of them making smarter choices and not becoming reliant on sex to validate their identity.

But the fact is, it is always their choice to make and they will make it with or without your approval.