Sex education 2.0

Apparently watching teen soaps like The O.C. and Gossip Girl with your parents is a better way of getting sex education than those cartoon books Where Did I Come From? and What’s Happening To Me? It’s pretty much what kids around the world have always known, but now there’s the official report to prove it. A British social service agency says that the best way to get the awkward sex conversations flowing with your kids is to sit down and watch a nice “steamy” ep of The O.C. with them. No one has used the word “steamy” since Marcia invited all friends around for an all-girl sleepover in the original Brady Bunch episodes, but I guess I’d chose TV over pictures of a cartoon sperm drawing wearing a top hat holding a rose any day.