Local News - Starting the Conversation: The Key Role of Parents in Sexual Education

Published: July 18, 2012, 5 a.m.

Whether you're a parent or a kid, the idea of having "the talk" might be enough to make you more than a little nervous. Still studies show, young people want to hear from their parents about sexual health and receiving age-appropriate and medically-accurate information allows them to make healthy and safe decisions. Knowing that might not make starting the conversation any easier though. At Nobody's Fool?in it's 23rd year in Waco?Planned Parenthood seeks to provide parents and kids with the tools to start a life-long conversation about these issues. Yet some local residents question the intent of an event hosted by Planned Parenthood claiming it promotes teen sex and seeks to drum up future business for itself as seen in recent letters to the editor featured in the Waco Tribune-Herald. Still, one parent protesting the event shared the same concern of parents sending their kids to Nobody's Fool: How do I talk to my kids about this sensitive, awkward, but vital issue? Becky Fogel reports.