Sex and Sex Education: What Do We Tell Our Children? What are children being taught about sex? What are they learning from peers, television, movies, magazines, computer games, pop music, popular culture? Most parents are rightly alarmed by the increasingly controversial nature of the information being fed to children and how age-appropriate it actually is. This publication makes it easy for parents to understand and broach the sensitive topic of sex education. Originally forming chapter thirteen of Parent-Child Relations: A Guide to Raising Children, it charts a way forward, helping parents to educate their children in a manner they feel appropriate and which maintains a sense of the sacred. The authors use a holistic approach to include what morality requires of humanity in this regard, and also focus on the issues of healthy relationships, responsibility, emotional wellbeing, and good physical health. The publication is intended to give parents practical advice, using clear and precise information, to address some of the most common issues parents are likely to encounter and questions they are likely to face. Dr. Hisham Altalib was born in Mosul, Iraq in 1360/1940. After finishing his secondary education in Iraq, he obtained a B.S. in Electrical Engineering at Liverpool University (1382/1962) and continued his work in that field at Purdue University in Indiana, where he obtained his M.S. and Ph.D. (1394/1974). He has been an active participant in Islamic activities in North America, being the first full time director of the Training Department of the Muslim Students Association (MSA) of the United States and Canada from 1395/1975 to 1397/1977. During this time he conducted many training camps and seminars in America and abroad. He has also served in several other positions in Islamic organizations, such as being the second Secretary General of the International Islamic Federation of Student Organizations (IIFSO). At the present time, Dr. Altalib is serving as a d…