Parents must talk about sex, says Jamaican PM

The prime minister of Jamaica has called for a more robust programme on sex education for the nation's school children.

Bruce Golding said on Wednesday (October 3rd) that such an approach was critical if Jamaica was to tackle its battle against HIV an AIDS, reports the Jamaica Observer.

Speaking at the Sixth Annual United States Chiefs of Mission Conference on HIV/AIDS at the Terra Nova Hotel in Kingston he added that parents needed to talk to their children about sex.

"We are going to have to desist with this foolish notion that sexual awareness is something we should hide from our children and that they must become adults before we introduce them to topics having to do with sexuality," he said.

"Many of them are not using a condom or contraceptive when they are having sex and this is a serious problem. While we emphasise abstinence we still have to prepare them with condom skills," he added.

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