Sex

Not as glamorous as it sounds I'm afraid....

My mum took Skye to the cinema last night.  I dropped them off and arranged to pick them up 2 hours later.  "Hope Springs" they were watching.  Its a 12a so all was cool.

No, actually, all was not cool.

1/2 hour later I get a phone call asking for me to pick them up.  I was a bit baffled because I didnt realise the film lasted no longer  than it takes to finish a box of popcorn.... my mum was a bit tearful too which was strange.

It turns out "Hope Springs" the 12a film by mum thought she would take her granddaughter to see was no better than a soft porn film. 

Now, bear in mind my mum is very very old school.  We are more like best friends than mother and daughter but we don't talk about sex.  We are both aware it happens but don't feel the need to discuss the finer details.  I am happy with that.   "Hope Springs" is, apparently, about an aging couple who are having trouble in the bedroom department and go for some sort of counselling sessions to allow them to be "demons in the sack."   Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones star.    The oddest idea for a film anyway because seriously who wants to see old people doing the do?  Doesn't float my boat.  My mum and Skye thought it was a "romcom".

Needless to say my mum was mortified.  Skye was hugely embarrassed and they walked out after seeing Meryl Streep rub Tommy Lee's leg up and down seductively whilst lying on their kingsize bed.....

Maybe we are at fault for not doing our homework but surely, rated 12a, you don't need to worry about the conversation of the day turning to oral sex? 

Who decides that this viewing is suitable for children?  Since when did it become ok to allow our children to watch this kind of crap?

I am genuinly not a prude.. I have read 50 Shades Of Grey.... and was suprised at how gratuitous and unnecessary it all was.  It doesn't excite me it actually quite bores me.   Skye was asking if she could read it.  I told her she wouldnt understand it and she couldn't read it until she had grandchildren of her own and I had to ban my mum outright because I couldnt have looked her in the eye again...

Sex is everywhere.  We use it to sell cars, clothes, shoes and everything in between.  Our soaps are a hot bed of gay/ lesbian/ heterosexual sex daily and why?  Who cares if Saed is shagging Chris or Chris is kissing John, or John is sleeping with Martha.  

  I occasionally sit and watch a programme with Connor about say,  corrupt police officers, and then out of the blue a sex scene straight out of Debbie Does Dallas.....its not "cool" or "retro" Its tedious....

Parents no longer have to sit their teenager children down and have the "talk" because you know that their experiences and knowledge is way better that yours.  When did that happen?  My mum bought me a book and we had "the talk".  Today, Connor would laugh in my face and probably tell ME a thing or two. 

Children should remain innocent for as long as they possibly can.  Parents should be responsible for making sure our children remain innocent for as long as they  possibly can.

Its the loss of innocence in our children that is one of the  fundamental problem in today's society, in my opinion. 

Downton Abbey is a brilliant, beautifully scripted programme and I remarked to Jurgen yesterday that it would have been a lovely era to live in.   Everything was simple and dare I say it again, innocent.  There was a right way to behave and a wrong way to behave and it worked.   

There is no need to sexualise our children.  We need to reign it in so that my mum doesn't cry in shame when she takes her granddaughter to the cinema. 

We all know it goes on but the most apt place for sexual encounters on TV is behind closed doors whilst you let your imagination do the work.   

My daughter, Skye, is 13.  She may try and act big and pretend in her heart that she's worldy and wise.  But she's a child.  And as long as she lives in my house we will always be
"No Sex Please We're British".