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What are you teaching/plan on teaching your children about guns? About sex? When? Do you tend to consider yourself more on the liberal or conservative end of the political spectrum? Why, if you find sex and/or guns repulsive/frightening/cause for concern/etc, do you find them thus?
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Although I'm nowhere near the time when I'll be having children (It's my future! I want to be an engineer... sex can wait!), I plan on teaching children early on about understanding guns. At a young age I want them to know what they are, and that they should NOT GO NEAR THEM. At an older age I plan on teaching them responsible gun use, and if they want I would go shooting with them. With sex, I plan on being open and forthright as soon as they ask. I have yet to have sex, and I still plan on waiting until marriage for personal reasons, and I hope to instill those same values in my children. A lot of it will depend on what my wife and I decide, but I can only hope the two of us have similar views in this regard. You're right; honesty in education about sex is just as important as honesty in education about guns.
I consider myself an independent, and have both liberal and conservative leanings.
I find guns and sex worthy of concern because of the potential for harm that both offer. Fooling around with firearms is just as dangerous as fooling around with sex, and in both cases only proper education and communication will prevent harm.