He doesn’t need his old dad’s views
Or the book he’s supposed to use.
It makes him feel bad
But he must tell Dad
He’s learned it on the evening news.
The moral of this little Limerick, The Birds And Bees, is so obvious that not much has to be written about it. During the last eight years our grade schoolers have learned more about the birds and the bees then we, of my generation, knew by the age of adulthood.
TV networks have been emboldened by the news stories broadcast nightly, with minimal complaint from viewers, to include scenes and words in their prime-time shows that would have gotten a movie an ‘X’ rating a few short years ago.
You can’t squeeze toothpaste back into the tube but parents must accept a greater responsibility than ever before to protect the innocence of their children.
