I am scared as hell. I agree with Sean AND Ian at the same time.

I think kids should know about sex. For a few reasons. Making it a dirty evil thing will just fuck them up and make them feel like an outcast when they figure out what masturbations is. My family treated it that way, and I thought I was some kind of 'deviant' for pulling on the 'ol pud when I was young. I had no idea that it was normal.

They are going to hear about it from friends anyway, and there is no telling what kind of BS they are going to 'learn' that way. Isn't it better for them to hear it from the parents, with correct information first?

I think it can protect them somewhat from the real deviants. The child molesters in the world. If they know for sure what the person is trying to do, and they know that it is not their fault ahead of time, the may not end up in the spiral of shame, that so many molested kids go through. They think it is there fault. At the very least I would tell mine, that if anyone touches you in these ways, or tries to get you to touch them tell me. You won't be in any trouble at all, and we will protect you from them.

I am not saying that we should show our kids pornos or have sex in front of them. I just feel that giving the kid the knowledge puts them at a very high advantage. If your religious beliefs dictate that sex before marriage is wrong, make that part of what you teach your child. Making it the evil dirty thing is just going to fuck them up in the long run.