Have to agree with most of the other posters here; why did this article even get printed? Journalism is suppose to be about giving an unbiased account of a topic, not giving a long opinion piece tha should be nbothing but a comment on a blog.

You are an idiot.

Forward-thinking huh? No wonder our Children are moving forward with Sexual activity way too soon. Leaping forward into pregnancy and parenthood way way too early. Pushing forward with unnatural affection. And adopting a forward-thinking opinion that anything and everything is okay, because after all, everybody else is doing it... ,,,right?

Teenage sexuality is indeed a wonderful topic to share with your teenaged children and that is where it should begin and end. Televised coverage of teenagers having sex is not necessary. I guess that makes me a concerned parent but I am far from joyless. Who writes your headlines anyway?

I'm not a prude or joyless at all, but I do think it's better not to glorify teenage sexuality. Sure, it happens a lot, but I know that TV shows like this can also add to the pressure some kids have on them to go out and do it before they are in a committed relationship. It was true in the 1980's when I was a teenager, and it's just as true today. Having said that, TV is not in the business of raising our children, and I'm going to talk about the entire range of sexuality with my kids when they get old enough. The birds and the bees is more than just "this is the plumbing and how it works". You have to teach everything or risk pregnancy, disease, embarassment and heartbreak. That is the only way to instill the values my wife and I appreciate. I want to be sure that when my kids start, it is for the right reasons, and not because Glee made it look cool.

Being judged for judging, classic.

Since when do you have to be a "joyless prude" to think that you shouldn't influence kids to have sexual relationships with each other? Sounds like someone's a little bitter at the conservatives for some reason...

Tara, do you have children?

Gee, guess I'm one of those dreaded joyless prudes.... I dont really care one way or the other what gets put on television. i just happen to care enough about my kids that they wont watch anything like this and other baseless junk out there while under my roof. when they are grown, they can make that decision themselves. if you dont like something on the boob tube, time to turn it off. as parents, you'd be surprised just how much influence YOU have on your own kids. teach a child in the way he should go, and when he is grown, he wont depart from it.

It never ceases to amaze me how judgmental forward-thinkers can be while decrying others for being judgemental. There is good reason to be concerned about these kinds of portrayals. I would refer you to the work of social-psychologist Albert Bandura and his writings on vicarious modeling. The research does seem to suggest, though inconclusively, that depictions of violence and sex, can encourage adoption of those behaviors in others when viewed vicariously. It is a topic worth discourse, but your dismissal of their concerns is not more reasoned than your own critique of the "concerned, joyless prudes".

If we look at the title of your article you are saying that that we should be unconcerned about and even enjoy watching teens have sex on tv. Maybe you should let up on the adjectives until you learn how to use them or someone might arrest you. I would comment on the content of the article but it seems to be written by an 11 year old drama queen. If you wrote like a "grown-up" instead of a hysterical teen we may be inclined to take you seriously. I'm not a prude but if you enjoy watching teens have sex on tv then you are a pedophile.

The person writing this either has no children or no morals. I think how I raised my children would be my business and not some idiot who writes stupid articles. And she/he made it a news story when they wrote it up. It is mine and other parents job to teach our children about sexuality and what goes with it. Not some poorly written t.v. show or some underpaid writer.

The people who put on this kind of garbage need a good ole redneck #$%$ whooping.

The little box of light that we stare at thoughtlessly for hours on end is programming our minds. This writer needs to wake up to the 21st Century and understand how the TV influences our thoughts and actions. We are a nation of TV zombies.

The bankers are robbing us in front of our eyes but as long as we get our "Kardashian Fix" who f***ing cares, right!?

This is not art, but soft porn. Its actually kid porn if your using children to create it. Wake up lady. You guys are promoting and producing filth that decays society and ruins our young children and opens them up to predators and perversion.
Statistics PROVE that teen sex does damage to them emotionally. Our kids are not better, but worse off in this disgusting society.
Kids need protected they are NOT little adults. Their brains are not fully developed until they are 21.
Oh and as far as joy is concerned, statistics have shown that conservatives tend to have more joy and libs (which you are) tend to be angrier.
You seem like one of those that believe anything goes...but it a Muslim wanted things a certain way because they find it offense or they want special rights for their religous expression, etc. you would cave in a heartbeat because you have no courage to stand against them. You would go along with what they want because you are afraid of them, but for true conservatives, we are idiots in your eyes because we dont believe that shows need to depict kids having sex, acting promiscuously, involved in homosexuality, etc. We dont want our kids pumped with trash. YOU, you call it "art".Let me guess, you think its okay for a mother to dress her boy in dresses and send him to school too dont you?
And we wonder why our kids are so screwed up. The adult that are to lead and protect them, exploit them and ruin them.

Anyone with half a wit can make a buck I guess these days..... that includes the author of this article and the media that push this stupidity to try and make a fast buck. So forward thinking now means pushing sex on tv to the teen crowd? So to talk about sex one should watch this drivel? Are you serious? Hey Tara... I've got a used car for sale. Runs perfectly, honest... you seem to believe anything.

Who is this "writer"? What a brain dead bimbo dope smoking hore commie liberal scumbagger #$%$ Go home to your mother's and leave writing to people with more than 3 brain cells in their skulls you stupid beyotch.

The attitude of this blog is crap. "Forward thinking parents"? There are less explicit ways to have "frank" discussions about sex and sexuality than letting your kid watch shows that promote promiscuity. The problem with this article is that advocacy of amorality that continues to push for more and more skin, sex, or whatever the latest "controversy" is to bring in higher ratings, all the while numbing the public's sensibilities and dumbing down the cultural moral compass. This is not a right-wing versus left-wing issue. To portray it as such is to politicize our children.

Don't expect a woman blind from birth to be able to understand color. And don't expect Tara to see her right-wrong meter isnt plugged in.

And how many parents leap into a discussion on sexuality and its responsibilities after seeing sexuality on tv. C'mon get over yourself. The casual depiction of sex on television tells teenagers that everybody is doing it. We have enough problems all ready. Most parents are not teaching their kids all that much and you are free to turn to slightly more racy programming if you want, lets leave kids as innocent as we can. They will grow up too fast anyway.

She is the joyless one. Tara is Ignorant and childless. How about you and Hollywood stop pushing sex and gay agenda on children.