ok so a couple of blogs ago i ranted a bit about sitcoms- but last night i have to admit that i sat and watched that 70's show and grounded for life with my older male adolescent children. of all the subject matter that they could have chosen, condoms was the theme for both shows. on each, the use of condoms was promoted for use by married couples who do not choose to procreate at this time- and the consequences of unprotected sex- read this as a 'we love our children but we don't really want any more' was made quite clear. of course, the premise of the last show- everyone gathered around the closed bathroom door- the 3 kids, grandpa and daddy- while mamma takes the home pregnancy test would never happen in real life. i looked to my sweet boys and inquired if they knew what condoms were for, and urged them to use them as such- prompted looks that could cleave steel beams. the good news is that condom education no longer must rely on liberal health education classes, or progressive physicians, parents etc to promote.
i am not so liberal as to have a fishbowl of them in my home- like centre college has in the health center- but i believe that there use is preferable to their disuse.......