Contraceptives Used on Actual Toast--Bread

As I began to read the article, Contraceptive Jelly on Toast and Other Unintended Consequences of Sexuality Education, a passage regarding the young lady who actually thought the directions required her to place contraceptive jelly on the bread in which she eats was hilarious, initially. Immediately, my thoughts went to the actual words that are used to describe contraceptives and I found there are those who take words literally(Contraceptive Jelly, 2000). My laughter quickly abated, realizing several contraceptive words needed revising. Other comments regarding placing the condom on the "organ" and since the couple did not have an organ, decided to placed the condom on their piano instead which resulted in pregnancy, which is quite appalling (Contraceptive Jelly, 2000). Imagine if these same people were properly educated on contraception and abstinence. Do you think the pregnancies may have been prevented? If parents, health care educators, and communities will not support the proper sexual education of children, the problem may continue. This information leads me to keep my opinion, sexual education needs to be taught to children by informed parents, health educators, and community health educators.
Knowing religion plays an important role in the way in which we live our lives, tends to make teaching such subjects difficult. However, after reviewing the short video clip from our supplemental reading, in which teens were kept ignorant regarding sexual education by allowing a priest to give out erroneous information in order to scare children into to compliance, gives an indication something needs to be done regarding the sexual education for our youth (Sex Education in America, 2008). Sending our children into a world without knowledge, though, albeit sensitive knowledge, may prove to have even greater risks. Young ladies and gentlemen should be informed and not left in ignorance due to fear of such knowledge. Educating the youth regarding preventative measures and abstinence is crucial to preserving our children and their future.
As a parent, it is my belief, speaking openly to my children gives them an opportunity to practice confident communication when speaking on such sensitive subjects. They are, at times, asked questions regarding such subjects by other children whose parents refuse to acknowledge these children are have actual sexual urges and feelings. Though I quickly inform my children to encourage their friends to talk with counselors and their parents, my stance remains that giving children accurate information may ensure they will have healthy futures.
We are in a world that is so advanced that if we, as parents, do not have accurate information to present to our children, they may get incorrect information regarding contraception and abstinence elsewhere. Consequently, it is the parents who are left to handle the consequences. When my children, who are at present 19, 17 and 9, are prepared to have children, it is my hope they are actually knowledgable, enlightened and eager for their live-long journey into parenthood.

VOA video (Producer). (2008 September 4). Sex Education in America [videofile].
Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/v/PyqqndsHPEM

Whatley, M. H. & Henken, E. R. (2000). Contraceptive Jelly on Toast and Other Unintended
Consequences of Sexual Education. Retrieved from Contraceptive Jelly on Toast, pdf.