A "23/6 Tells You How To Talk To Your Kids About Stuff" Special Report

Whether they hear about it on the playground or in the soda shop after school, your kids are going to learn about people who have sex in exchange for gasoline and/or pre-paid gas cards. They're bound to be curious about sex-for-gas activity, and maybe they'll even feel peer pressure to have gas-sex before they might be ready. No matter how hard you try you just can't protect your kids from the gas crisis. The best thing to do is talk to them about it. Here's how:

Make it clear that you trust them

You need to let your kids know that the decision of whether or not to have sex for gas is one that they're going to make on their own, and you trust them to decide when and with whom they'll trade sex for gas. They already think they should make their own decisions. Don't make them prove it to you.

Explain the difference between random gas-sex and gas-sex with someone you love

Communicate to your kids that there's nothing wrong with waiting to have gas-sex until you fall in love with someone who wants to pay for sex with gas. Use personal anecdotes to illustrate this point, if you can. Tell them that anyone would argue that gas-sex with someone you love is always better.

Tell them about viscosity

Your kids might not be aware of what a high-viscosity gasoline can do to a car engine. They might think that gas-sex is gas-sex, regardless of the kind of gas they're having sex for. Tell them that they're worth the highest octane available, and they shouldn't have sex with anyone who wants to pay them with a lower grade of gasoline.

Make sure they avoid wooded areas

If your child chooses to have sex with a stranger for gas, the stranger might suggest that they drive off the road into a wooded area where they can be alone. Tell your kids to demand that they go no further than behind the gas station. Not everyone who pays for sex with gasoline is trustworthy, and your children need to have sex with those people in places where their screams can be heard in case they need help.

There's nothing wrong with haggling

Your kids might think it's unromantic to try to haggle before having sex for gas. Tell them that haggling is natural, and if they think they can get more gas than is being offered, there's nothing wrong with trying. No amount of gas in the world is equivalent to sex with your kids, but as long as they're going to have gas-sex anyway, they might as well get as much gas out of it as they can.

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