Abstinence Program in China

     China has undergone several changes in the recent decades, modernizing the traditions in their culture, solving solutions for divorce rates and putting immense pressure on families. One of the discussed topics our world faces in the near future is over population. Reported by The Washington Post, China is now educating and forcing their children to follow a strict discipline of practicing Abstinence.

 In Yunnan schools this year, teachers are being trained with a sex education curriculum created by the conservative Christian group Focus on the Family. The agreement with the Yunnan ministry of education is a milestone for Focus on the Family, which has struggled for four years to make inroads on abstinence in China.

It is also the result of a narrow confluence of interests: Evangelical Christian groups want an entree into China. And Chinese authorities, despite the country's official atheism, want help with controlling population growth and managing the society's rapidly shifting values.

     Now of course, China has already started to see some of the effects, due to the fact that it has the largest population count in the world. Many have questioned some solutions to prevent this rising issue before it gets out of hand. Author of "Hot, Flat and Crowded", Thomas L. Friedman discussing the possible outcomes of not only America's future, but the entire world. Perhaps educators enforcing young children the importance of abstinence may seem a bit dramatic, however I believe  it should taught to educate the children on what is occurring recently today, but the decision they make is up to them.