It's just best for any parent to assume their "sexually mature" child is either already "active", or going to be very soon.
Have any and all talks with them staring at puberty and don't let any opportunity pass to revisit such conversations with them.
If you wait until they come to you about a morning after pill - you've really fornicated up as a parent.
It's just best for any parent to assume their "sexually mature" child is either already "active", or going to be very soon.
Have any and all talks with them staring at puberty and don't let any opportunity pass to revisit such conversations with them.
If you wait until they come to you about a morning after pill - you've really fornicated up as a parent.
Don't you think the parents or some older responsible adult should be made aware so that they can have a talk with this child before giving her access to what should probably be a prescription drug without any kind of monitoring at all?
Sure in a perfect world.. but as we all know, in the real world that only happens in the movies when the father catches the son banging an apple pie... (guess the movie reference!).
My point is, most parents find it uncomfortable to talk to ones kids about this stuff and parents have an often out of wack view of what their children actually do. Children hide things from their parents.. always have and always will. Parents often overreact as we have seen many a time.... the "What, my 15 year old daughter is having sex with her 17 year old boyfriend... RAPE, call the police".. This is why we have sexual education in schools (well in Europe at least)... it works and children get the information they need instead of having to rely on embarrassed parents who thinks that their little angel does not think about sex. It seems that when people become parents they suddenly forget how it was to be a teenager.....
Interesting indeed. Hopefully it's well tested, the FDA isn't always the most thorough on testing though.
It's just kind of sick really IMO.
Nothing but the further sexualization of our children.
You really think that the FDA does testing? Really?
So what's your solution to combating teenage pregnancy? Gonna stick to that whole "abstinence" thing that seems to work so well?
First: Don't 15 year olds have to get parent permission to get aspirin from their schools?
Second: In this country15 year olds don't carry any identification stating their age-so how do they prove it?
Third: What moral distinction dictated the age of 15, why not 11?
If a 15 year old even has the wisdom to know she should seek the morning after pill, then she would spare her parents a lot of agony by quietly dealing with. If she needs an abortion then she would definitely need parental permission, and that's when the can of worms really gets opened, whether her parents say yes or not.
Sometimes. But I also think they are subject to political pressures which often times subvert the process. The FDA should probably just be part of NIST or some other research lab and should do little to listen to people or politicians.
Like it or not 15 year olds are sexual active.. they always have been and they always will be. Rather have them protected than not right?
Nothing but the further sexualization of our children.
Then there's the bill in CA that would allow cross-dressing student to pick which bathroom to use or which sports team to try out for.
It's PROGRESSIVE ya know.
Hmmm... protected my not be the right phrase here. The existence of the morning after pill all but ensures that young girls will be less likely to have protected sex on the assumption they can fix it later.
I have a huge problem with this. The problem I have is not having plan B available if women want it, but the government's circumventing of parental control here. IMHO, this is wrong.
American Pie! :lol:
Well, just to straighten you out. Parents do NOT forget what it was like to be a teen. They remember ALL TOO WELL, and that is why they freak out! :lamo That's not too hard to grasp, is it?
I completely agree with sex ed and birth control, etc. I do not agree with letting children make their own reproductive choices. I just don't see them as being responsible enough. That is why children are still under the control of their parents.
Another important point to consider is that parents ARE going to be responsible (financially and otherwise) if a child gets impregnated, or if anything else happens to that child. For that reason alone, the parents have a right to know if their child/children are sexually active, regardless of whether or not they had the "talk."
Correct!
And that proves that parents are kids who forgot how to be kids. Being allowed to be a teenager, to make mistakes and get guided as much as it is possible.. is how we mold our youth. Parents have an unrealistic memory of how it is to be a teenager.
Yes and rules are different depending on the country. Now in the US they are still behind the times so to say compared to some European countries.. and European countries tend to have more mature teens, and teens that dont go out and have unprotected sex and get pregnant. In most European countries, they not only are taught about the birds and bees at a young age, but also given access to contraception and medical aid at a young age... without parents knowledge. At age 15 in many countries, teenagers are pretty much legally independent when it comes to finances and their own bodies. They of course cant sign a contract before they are 18 or vote or drive, but they can drink, have sex, and spend and earn their own money.
That may be, but you know just as I do.. telling a teenager that they are not allowed to do X.. will push them to do X.... regardless what X is. Rebellion is part of growing up and when parents come and say "you are not to see that boy" to their teenage girl.. guess what she will do?
There are other ways in which parents can approach and talk with their teens.
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