WHO SHOULD TEACH SHARE WORK?

Not long ago we saw research from Lagus KA, et al. (2010) Parental perspectives on sources of sex information for young people. J Adol Health online, 2011 which identified that  yes kids learn a great deal about sexuality from friends and from the media, but both  parents and teens agree: Parents should be the most important providers of information about sex and sexuality.(http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/213143.php)

So....... while most parents and young people agree that parents should be the primary source of information, according to a recent survey (http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/234330.php), half of parents in the UK do not enlighten their children about puberty, relationships and sex, because they are unsure what to say, are embarrassed, or lack confidence and knowledge about sexual health. From 9,000 young people participating in the study, 46% revealed that they received 'nothing' or 'not a lot' of information on sex and relationships from their parents. 


This seems a bit wierd to me. BOTH want to engage with each other about sexual health YET neither does so. Maybe our sexual health and relationships education needs to change. Maybe it should be about how to get parents and children to engage on this issue.Maybe workers should start targeting parents in HOW to teach about this stuff instead of depending on teachers and youth workers. Hmmmm What do YOU think?