Raising a child is the single-most important thing you will ever do with your life. Unlike your life leading up to becoming a parent, you are now personally responsible and accountable for another human beings development. The techniques you employ in parenting will not only shape the way your child develops but will likely influence the techniques your child uses in parenting their children. If you actually stop to consider the above, you may be directly responsible for parenting techniques employed by your descendants for generations to come.

This, above all, is reason enough for you to take your role as a parent seriously as you only get one chance at it.

Most parents dread it and try to forget it but it doesn't detract from the fact that sooner or later, you must have "the big talk" with your child. As a parent, I have first hand knowledge of how difficult it is to imagine your baby engaging in intercourse with another person. The problem is that my dread of this eventual certainty should not mean my child is left in the dark when it comes to understanding her future desires. Quite honestly, I believe this to be one of the biggest factors for parents putting off the big talk with their children.

I'm no expert in this field but I can tell you that as the father of a 12 year old girl, I'm not afraid to discuss this topic with my child simply because I refuse to wait for the big talk. In other words, I personally do not believe in the big talk, I believe in hundreds of "little talks".