Sex ed: Would you trust a stranger to tell your kids?
We all know how uncomfortable the 'birds and the bees' conversation is, regardless of which side of the conversation you are on. However, it has to be done.
Ideally, as parents, we'd like to think we have more time before having to orchestrate such conversations. In fact, avoiding it altogether would be the preference. How does one address this awkward yet crucial conversation?
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The complexities of intimacy, puberty, sexual health, and consent are too intricate to be entrusted solely to educators, and definitely not the media. This lead to a couple advertising for this position, needing a qualified stranger to assist with this delicate process - for $3,500, to be exact.
As advertised, the ideal candidate has no criminal record, and of course, great experience working with kids. Among the topics the specialist is expected to cover are menstruation, STD's, pregnancy, the relationship between sex and love, the issue of consent, and contraceptives.
Would you entrust this milestone moment to a stranger? Bongani says that his mother told him he fell off a plane. What story are you comfortable telling your kids where they come from?
We asked KZN where their parents told them they come from? Listen below to what they had to say: