Sex...With Mom and Dad

Sex...With Mom and Dad

New MTV Show Hopes to Help Families Have "The Talk"

   Wanna know what’s tougher than having “the talk” with your mom and dad? How about having “the talk” in front of millions of television viewers!  That’s exactly what MTV will do on their new show Sex…With Mom and Dad.
   Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Don’t Talk
   It’s a known fact that most parents are apprehensive when it comes to having “the talk” about sex with their children Wanna know what’s tougher than having “the talk” with your mom and dad? How about having “the talk” in front of millions of television viewers! That’s exactly what MTV will do on their new show Sex…With Mom and Dad. It’s often an awkward moment on both sides of the generational gap, and for lots of reasons. Kids might be worried that their parents don’t really understand their highly sexual world, and parents may be worried that their kids know more than them! The end result is, too often, these fears prevent the conversation from ever taking place.
   MTV hopes to change that.  At 7:00 p.m. EST on Monday, September 29th, MTV  launched their brand new show called Sex…With Mom and Dad. Each half-hour episode will feature a family that’s working through the tough issues of dating, sex, and relationships with renowned addiction and sex therapist Dr. Drew Pinsky.
  The 3-Part Prescription, each episode is broken down into three segments. First, Dr. Drew will meet the family in a neutral setting so he can get a feel for the problem, and the personalities involved in it. Subjects ranging from safe sex practices to homosexuality to “manwhores” and much more will be fair game.
   The second segment of each show will center on sex-related activities that the parent(s) and the child must do together. A boy might have to drive his mom around town on “The Bonk Tour” showing her all the places he’s had sex, or a young girl might have to go condom shopping with her dad. One teenager whose mom is worried he doesn’t choose “quality women” will be sent on “A Real ‘Blind’ Date” where he will spend time with several girls, while blindfolded, forcing him to pick the girl before he sees her.
   Finally, the family reconvenes with Dr. Drew to discuss the success or failure of the assignments and whether or not the family has agreed upon a solution for the problem. The hope is that barriers between parents and children will be broken down, thus improving the relationship and paving the way for future conversations on the touchy subject.
   MTV believes “that if families can talk about sex, they can talk about anything.” Their website promises a show that is “shockingly frank, upbeat, and funny.” MTV’s not taking any chances on the “shockingly frank” part, so they’re giving the show a strong dose of Dr. Drew.
Who’s Drew?
   Dr. Drew Pinsky is a board-certified doctor who specializes in addiction therapy. Though he is highly educated and has authored several medical books, he is best known for hosting the late night radio show, Loveline, which airs on rock stations and adult talk stations around the country five nights a week.
   He and Ted Stryker host the show together, but celebrities like Adam Carolla and Lindsay Lohan occasionally drop in or call in to help out. The show is very sexual and incredibly graphic in nature. VH1 has also highlighted the work of Dr. Drew with young TV viewers. In January of 2008, they aired Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew, a reality show that centers on Pinsky’s efforts to help celebs get over their addictions. Dr. Drew also makes frequent appearances on MSNBC and The Tyra Banks Show.

What To Expect
   Call me skeptical, but I have serious doubts that MTV’s motives for the show are to genuinely help young people in their struggle with sex. The show’s purpose probably has a lot more to do with ratings than sexual purity. (If they really wanted to help kids, they would make major changes in their offensive programming, eliminating the controversial content.)

What does this means for me? 
   We are living in times where the world is trying to change the standards and moral commandments that were set down by God thousands of years ago. But God is holy and just and does not change, and neither will His standards for us change or be shaped by the so-called progressiveness of this sinful world. So the question becomes who will you be obedient to? Whose standards will you follow -- God's or this world's?

   The Bible warns us not to believe it when the world tells us that "sex outside of marriage is okay as long as you are practicing safe sex," or that "same-sex unions are normal and they should have the same status as male/female marriages." God's Word warns us not to fall for these man-made standards of living.
   In Ephesians 5:6, it says, "Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. Be not ye therefore partakers with them." And that verse goes on to say: "For ye were sometime darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord. Walk as children of light. And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them" (Ephesians 5:8-11).
   If you truly have accepted Christ as your Lord and Savior, then you should not still be ruled by your flesh! Your motto should not be "if it feels good, do it." Instead, you should be doing all you can to avoid those people and things that will cause you to stumble and give in to sexual temptations.