Children make some of the most candid observations.

When a six-year-old asked at a party, "Why do elders get funny when someone says sex?" the adults present didn’t have an answer.

Much later, someone said, "Last year, there was too much sex talk in the air. Don't know what will happen this year."

Going by the many surveys last year and all thing sex-related that made the headlines, here is what we think will be utmost on our minds in 2008, sexually, of course.

1. Children and sex will remain in focus.

Both in terms of child sex education and child pornography/ sexual abuse. They should, too, given the September 2007 report released by the Ministry and Child Development that announced that 53.22 per cent children were abused in India.

Circa 2008: Given the rising numbers and the raging debate around sex education for children, hopefully ‘sex education’ will be viewed differently: Less on whether 16-year-olds are mating in class and more about protecting the children from what should not happen to them, be it someone their age or older.