The mother of two daughters, ages 10 and 12, decided it was time to tell them about the birds and the bees. She sent off for a booklet recommended by the PTA and, having read it, called the girls in for a long chat. When she finished, she said, with her heart in her throat, “You may ask me any question you want to.”
The oldest said, “Anything?”
The mother said, “Yes, anything,” then she took a deep breath, thinking, “Here it comes.”
The little girl asked, “Can we have a new baseball bat?
It should not surprise you if I say that our culture has become saturated with talk about sex. Way back in 1987 a study by Planned Parenthood indicated that 65,000 sexual references a year were broadcast over television during prime afternoon and evening hours and that the average television viewer see…