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Originally Posted by Thor
But how is it in Norway? I would imagine they are quite similar to Iceland, so in your unique situation with your evangelical upbringing is it clashing with what your kids are experiencing with the culture of the kids in Norway?
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Attitudes towards sex are certainly more progressive in Norway than in NA, but in my experience this is still a surprisingly conservative European culture.
As for my kids, it is not really an issue since they are not back home in Canada. I'm still here finishing out my contract (boo!), but my wife moved back with the family to take a job in Burnaby in June. We decided it was probably best for the kids to go back with her, and all three are now back in their local schools in our sleepy little town of Chilliwack.
My youngest two are nine and eleven, so there was a minimal cultural impact for them to affect their conceptualisation of human sexuality. My oldest is sixteen this year, but has always been a really private kid, so if his exposure to a more sexually liberal culture had any impact, I'm not sure I noticed. In any event, most of his friends in Canada are whitebread along with the rest of the neighbourhood. Like I said: despite my interest in cultivating a more liberal attitude towards sex for my kids, I do simultaneously worry about how this serves them within our present context.