Sexual Answers Taming The Birds and The Bees Kids have always had sexual choices to make that are beyond their parents' control. But not so soon.
Some researchers indicate that one out of five young people have had sex by the age of thirteen.
Whatever the actual percentage, most parents know that the pressure to choose comes earlier than it ever has, and usually long before a child even knows who he or she is. Modern young people play on a field with no boundaries. Not long ago, a girl felt she had to explain why she wasn't a virgin, but today she has to explain why she still is one. If kids are under greater pressure than ever, so are their parents. And the monster of AIDS now fuels the fears of every parent.