[Quilla]

My daughter is 19 and my son is 17. They are both honor students who have attended Christian school since the first grade. The sex education they received at school and at home has focused on the benefits of abstinence and the dangers of promiscuousness. Our home seems to be the base for their friends to congregate and of a dozen or two kids, I know of only one who is sexually active. His girlfriend is pregnant and his youth as he knows it is basically over. Discussion between this group of friends centers on this sad fact.

I share all this to point out that there are many good kids out there. The description of Natalee's accomplishments sounds like many of my children's friends. I find it hard to believe that a young lady would find it entertaining to go off and have sex with three strangers. The consequences are so great, the danger so real.

The teenagers I've been blessed to know are some of the most well behaved, responsible young adults imaginable. I can't fathom the pain Natalee's parents are experiencing right now. Prayers.

[yarddog]

The problems with this girl I mentioned, and I suspect the same scenario is repeated over and over, is partly today's permissive society and partly her parents. (I am not saying this is the situation with Natalee).

First, parents are moderately wealthy, they are both fine people. Now her Mother is aware of what is going on. They have not told her Father who is away on business a good deal of the time.

Her Mother is hearbroken over her daughter's sexual trysts. She will not do what it takes to stop it tho because she would rather her daughter be popular than do what it takes to end her affairs.

She would rather her go to the prom (she was queen btw) and stay up late than demand she be home right after it is over. Same for other occasions.

The sad thing is it is easy for an outsider to see what is happening but not really anything you can do.