Comments in the media today on the teachers' stance on teenage pregnacies, the Family Planning Association and the "politically correct" strikes a chord with me. For so many years we have been downtrodden and demoralised about the state of our children, their wilful asking for things they know their parents cannot afford etc. etc. They have liaisons that we know nothing about and even pregnancies that we could not prevent.

For many years I was one of those parents who's kids wanted Reeboks and I could only afford Woolworths. I was a single parent - not supported by my ex husband. I worked 12 hours a day rather than have Income Support. I was proud, I did not want handouts, I wanted to make something of myself and support my kids as they were growing up.Over the years I have been amazed at the ignorance of the British Public about sex. The proliferation of sexually transmitted diseases - the incidence of teenage pregnancy - the huge cost to the state of the dysfunctional marriages.Why bother some will say, but I have a mission. Only recently we mourned the passing of Mary Whitehouse and all that she stood for. She in her time was ridiculed, but she stood for common decency and family values (Editor's note:Cliterati doesn't like the censorship that Whitehouse represented but we like beecourse). We do not need all the salacious intrusions on our private lives.
Someone has to stand up and be counted. I am a hard working 51 year old lady living in Hampshire who is much like youraverage mum. I have a "normal " life with two petulant teenagers and a living to earn! My mission is to try and stem the tide of marital distress in our nation. I have set up a website Beecourse.com to actively engage people of this wonderful country to take responsibility for their lives, their love lives and their lives in general. Sure - we have sex toys on our site. But the vast majority of products are aimed at getting people to COMMUNICATE with one another. To play once more - to find out why they were together in the first place - maybe they actually loved one another?Perhaps I sound cynical - but you and I know that unless we try to stem this tide of discontent - this huge swathe on unhappiness - we will never know that we could have made a difference.I have been interviewed many times by the media, but most are missing the point (they are looking at a menopausal woman selling sex toys). We have to educate people in the art of loving - almost the same as going to university or training for a career. No one addresses the need to train for family life, relationships, how to cope with our kids and many more.I am totally fed up with political correctness. I have seen it erode the discipline at schools - ideology at work - the work ethic indeed. People need to know their boundaries. They need to feel safe in what they are doing. I get calls every day from people saying how can they spice up their sex life? They suggest a vibrator and I suggest that they will get hit over the head with it. Better still to sit down calmly and confidently to discuss why they want one in the first place and to communicate.I firmly believe in three pillars to a successful relationship: Communication, sensuality and sex - if one is weak the others falter. Build them all firmly on a solid base and the world is your oyster!We need to educate people in this country to know how to nurture and cherish one another. If we look out for each other, we will be cared for ourselves. If we indulge in our selfish ways, we have only ourselves to answer to.By Mary Clegg, founder, Beecourse