‘My son, hear the instruction
of your father.’ Proverbs 1:8
In Proverbs the words my son
are used twenty-three times, and the word father is used nineteen times. So,
it’s a letter from a father to his son. It’s also a letter from a father to
other fathers, about being a good father. It not only teaches a father how to
lead his children, but how to live before them. Interestingly, the letter
contains a lot of warnings about the misuse of sex and the heartache it can bring.
We’ve all heard the story of the twelve-year-old boy whose dad said, ‘Son,
don’t you think it’s time we had a talk about sex?’ The little guy said, ‘Sure,
Dad. What do you want to know?’ The sad truth is that today our children are
getting their sex education in school, from their friends, from the Internet,
and from experimentation - but not at home. Solomon writes, ‘Why should you, my
son, be enraptured by an immoral woman?’ (Proverbs 5:20 NKJV). Sex education is
the answer - as long as it involves the right teacher, the right classroom, and
the right curriculum. And the right teacher is you, Dad; the right classroom is
your home; and the right curriculum is the Bible. A study of 10,000 high school
students revealed that strong parental values and supervision have the most
significant effect on a teen’s sexual activity. Parents who had a close
relationship with their daughters and supervised their schoolwork and
activities, were able by 42 per cent to curb the likelihood that they’d ever
become pregnant out of wedlock. So Dad (and Mum), speak up. Get involved. You
can’t afford not to! 
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