Hi Nash,

Wanted to say thank you for your post.

I don't have the opportunity to work with youth, either in a professional or personal atmosphere. I can, however, wholly empathize with what you are saying.

Online, I have talked with many men and women who have been sexually abused. So many times, I just wished I could have been there. That I could have helped stop the pain. One woman told me that her little sister had committed suicide... at nine. NINE YEARS OLD! I just cannot even imagine what she had gone through to make someone so young take a rope and hang herself.

Of course, every person reacts differently to an early sexuality awakening and the circumstances surrounding them. But the truth is, even the gentlist, most consentual sexual encounter could have an unexpected impact with far reaching consequences.

It's just not worth the risk...

Thank you again for writing out your thoughts. Bless you for your work Nash :)