This week in class we discussed sexual intimacy in marriage. Intimacy in marriage is such an important aspect for growing together. Having a good marriage leads to a good sex life, and having a good sex life creates a good marriage! Win-win! Something that couples need to remember is that men and women have different needs and wants when it come to sex. Being sensitive to your partners needs is important to having good sex. The greatest part though is doing something for your partner, something that they will enjoy. When being intimate with your partner becomes something you do for them and not just for you it becomes a really special.
     We also discussed ways we can teach our children about sex. We read an article about preventing teen pregnancies. The article suggested that teaching teens about STDs and other health risk that come with engaging in sex is not enough. She proposes that we need to teach teens more about healthy relationships and marriages. Many teen have been affected by unhappy marriages and some may not even know anyone in their life who is actually married. The author suggests we teach lessons like characteristics of healthy relationships, understanding what is important to look for in a romantic partner,  a go-slow, low intensity approach to teen relationships, how to gauge the health and safety of a relationship, and especially how to enjoy romantic relationships without having sex. These are important things for our teens to understand. But children aren't too young to learn lesson like these too, regarding sex and their education should start with the parents!
    Obviously we should always give age appropriate answers when asked questions about sex but it is important that we do answer our children's questions. We live in a world today where messages about sexual intimacy is EVERYWHERE! If we want our children receiving correct answers, and learning righteous principles WE have to be the ones to tell them. Do not leave it for their school teacher, or YW/YM leaders, we need to be "intentional parents". Teaching our families and creating our families are two sacred responsibilities we've been given from our Heavenly Father. We need to do this according to Gods plan for the family because families are forever!