Over the last few weeks, as children are beginning to accept me and open up to me, I\u2019ve found myself giving dating advice to the group of 8-year-old girls that flock around me. My best advice so far is, \u201d\u02dcIf you have a boyfriend, you do actually need to talk to him!\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201d\u02dcAbi\u2019s dating advice\u2019 has now developed into to sharing Christian values with regard to sex and relationships. These girls are 8 years old and I trained in children\u2019s and family work rather than youth work for a reason, but children are being exposed to what we might class as adult subjects at a younger and younger age. These are issues that need to be addressed.<\/p>\n
As I sat down with my scrambled eggs and avocado lunch one day, I began to reflect on this a little more and my heart just began to break for these girls and the society in which they\u2019re growing up. We live in a culture that doesn\u2019t teach \u201d\u02dclove waits\u2019 but one that says its OK to have as many sexual partners as you like as long as you are safe. And this is filtering through to children in primary school.<\/p>\n