Hey, kids, let's talk about what we don't wanna talk about!

The big story during "the coffee hour at St Blog's Parish" this week, has been the Diocese of Arlington's plans to implement a "Good Touch, Bad Touch" program for children in its educational programs, in an attempt to counter possible sexual abuse. One correspondent believed I was being unfair to the priest mentioned in the story. For the record, we have a lot of great priests in the Diocese of Arlington, and Father deLadurantaye is one of them. But I still maintain that, given the disparity of emotional/sexual development among pre- and early-adolescents, and the Church's emphasis on the parent's primary role when instructing children in matters of human sexuality, the diocese would be well-advised to focus on instructing the parents, who in turn should be the ones to instruct their children. A classroom program might be appropriate for juniors and seniors in high school, and even then in a single-sex environment.

Now, can we talk about something besides sex? Like the Chinese New Year coming up next week?