As the subtle and beautiful dance of connection between men and women, it is the source and center of life. But in the absence of love, the sexual urge is often little more than an itch we seek compulsively to scratch. As parents, we are responsible for guiding our children as they awaken to their powerful, emerging sexual sensibilities. Their graduates can be forgiven if they lack any hint of the sublime possibilities of a loving union. For many of our children, the sexual ballet has become a slamdance.
Sexual understanding is similar.
If it is to grow, there must be room in a young person's soul for a crescendo.