The NZ Herald is reporting the following…

A new state-funded experiment is turning traditional sex education on its head – abandoning lectures on the dangers of sexual activity and teaching young people how to get better sex through “ethical relationships”.

The “sex & ethics” course, funded by $164,000 from the Ministry of Justice, is being piloted with people aged 16 to 25 at Victoria and Massey universities and two youth centres in Wellington.

How do they define what is an “ethical relationship”?

Yes, and Love is a verb!  Or as Beyonce would sing… If you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it!  If you don’t know who that is, ask your kids!

From a Christian perspective, the article affirmed the following words…

Parents Inc co-founder Ian Grant also welcomed the programme yesterday as “a step forward”, but still advised teenagers to delay having sex for as long as they could.

In other words, “I am trying to sound positive about something that still misses the mark.”

He did go on to say the following…

Mr Grant, whose “Attitude” teen health programme runs in 86 per cent of New Zealand high schools, said it was great that the new programme was teaching about communication rather than just “being careful”.

“Teenagers today are being ripped off because nobody is teaching them that intimacy is what they’re looking for, and sex is only part of that,” he said.

“We have to instil into our young people that committed intimacy is vital. This is a step better than the usual course, which just told you how to put a condom on a banana.”

What do you think about it?

Let me play Frank!

This is obviously in a societal context, so this impacts on expectations, and if this connects the dots that the most ethical relationship is one where commitment is most fully expressed, which is a commitment between one man and one woman, then this may result in some more serious soul-searching than what is presently going on with those who think that sex is for free, and the call of Ian Grant to “intimacy” sounds like code for something near this concept!

Anyway, Christians, if the figures are correct, we are pretty stink in instilling this in our own, which points one to the ultimate issue.

All such measures may rehabilitate a portion of cultural practice, but to truly reform the individual/s, it requires something fundamentally more divine in origin, and more comprehensive in coverage.

Merely focusing on practice makes for moralising, focusing on the person, on the heart, as God works by His grace, truly transforms.

Parents, make this your focus, as it is the overflow of this, which will communicate into your child’s existence!

To help you in this regard, particularly for “Kiwi” consumers, here are some resources from Grace Books, an on-line book store, previously, Grace to You, that provides FREE SHIPPING anywhere, as long as you live in New Zealand, which may help you in this pursuit…

A booklet by Paul D. Tripp on Teens and Sex, which is aimed at the following…

Distorted images of sex bombard our children from every angle. Where can they find a healthy view of their sexuality? How can parents and youth leaders teach kids the life-transforming truths that expose the counterfeits for what they are?

Now there’s a good plan!

If you have a younger child, then the following book/s are worth their weight in your children’s gold for God’s glory… Also by Paul D. Tripp, Shepherding a Child’s Heart or Instructing a Child’s Heart that focus on the overall pursuit and goal of the pursuit of parenting, providing a philosophy that not only works, but is biblical!

However, if you have a teenager, or soon-to-be, check out this title… by guess who?… Paul D. Tripp, Age of Opportunity.

Grace Books also have a Family and Marriage section that may have some other resources to help you out!

Readeem the Time (Eph. 5:16)… Yes, the typo was intentional!

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