29. Learning about Sex from Our Parents

When you were growing up, what did your parents teach you about sex? Most of us would have a hard time remembering any conversations with our parents on the topic. Sexuality has been wrapped in shame throughout human history with the consequence that the majority of parents have avoided talking with their children about sex. Parents and children typically feel embarrassed and shy away from the subject. But if we consider how precious sex is, then this would be the most important education that parents impart to their children.True Parents established a sacred tradition when they educated blessed couples in preparation for their lives as husbands and wives. Reverend Joong Hyun Pak shares about the intimate education True Father provided to the early blessed couples in the Unification Church. “I participated in the 430 Couples Marriage Blessing Ceremony. At that time, I was a church leader in the countryside in South Korea. True Father came with True Mother to my region. True Father called all the blessed couples of the 430 Blessing Ceremony to gather. We were in the middle of our 40-day separation period. True Father sat down with us and taught us about husband-wife sexual relations. Honestly, at that time, I so appreciated True Father. I thought he is truly my father. So close a feeling he stirred within me. The deepest secret of human life he gave to me. That meant he was truly my parent. Even my physical parents didn’t teach me like this. But True Father did. I remember deeply, tearfully appreciating True Father.”