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.

Talking to kids about sex

Most parents dread it and try to postpone 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 child one day 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 of why many parents either put off the big talk or ignore the topic completely.

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 talk to my daughter about sex. All it took for me to be comfortable in talking to my child about sex was just taking the bull by the horns and being proactive at an earlier age.

Let me explain...