tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016381446402077042.post3790038232475002783..comments2023-09-25T09:18:10.052-04:00Comments on Lylah M. Alphonse: Hypersexualized kids? Study says don't blame the mediaLMAlphonsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01123069425655953518noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016381446402077042.post-21180457434606108092010-10-19T06:13:20.805-04:002010-10-19T06:13:20.805-04:00I'm glad to see this study refute the link. A...I'm glad to see this study refute the link. As a former 6th grade teacher, I can tell you that your 11/12 year olds are interested in each other. They're going through puberty and becoming hyper aware of their bodies, which naturally makes them curious about others bodies.<br /><br />The whole "too sexy too soon" has always struck me (as a teacher and as a mom) as just another filler for slow news days and the 24 hour news cycle. 16 has LONG been the average age of loss of virginity.<br /><br />The media is far too often the scapegoat for your children having different values than you want them to have, or for them acting their age when you want them to still be "kids." If we, as Americans were less puritanical in our hangups and took a page from the Netherlands (which has the lowest rates of teen pregnancy) we'd be far better off than blaming something out of our control...the reason we won't is that we're too uncomfortable talking openly about sexuality and acknowledging that our teens have sexuality (and that their sexuality is a valid need and feeling).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com