Behavior: Parental Line

Same old birds and bees

In this era of sexual emancipation are parents as uptight as of yore in discussing sex with their kids? Yes, indeed. That at least was the word last week from a Kinsey-type study called Family Life and Sexual Learning, prepared by the Project on Human Sexual Development. The researchers spent three years probing the attitudes of 1,400 mostly young Cleveland parents and concluded that they are as reticent in talking about sex as their parents were. The report's highlights:

>Some 85% to 95% of parents say they have never mentioned any aspect...

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