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Old 05-15-2008, 07:53 AM   #101 (permalink)
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Apparently you are also free from the guilt and shame of not paying your medical bills and relying on the rest of us to pay them for you.

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Old 07-08-2008, 08:55 PM   #102 (permalink)
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I think sex ed should be where youth can learn and not feel ashamed. If you just say "don't have sex" it becomes something bad in their minds. It is just like anything else. With responablity and caring it can be wonderful.

If you really want less unwanted pregancies then educate about condoms and birth control. Teach youth about STDs and why they need to be careful. Also, don't make your kids uncomfortable when talking about sex. Sex sould be somthing they can ask their mom and dad about, not having to turn to the internet and books like I did.
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Old 07-09-2008, 09:50 PM   #103 (permalink)
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[quote=SodoMojo1;186269Sex sould be somthing they can ask their mom and dad about, not having to turn to the internet and books like I did.[/quote]

realistically, how may people are going to have frank discussions about sex with their parents ? they are the last people you want discussing your sex life, and their sex life is the last thing you want to know about.

education is neccessary, good communication with parents is neccesary. but the idea of having mum and dad have a chat about the birds and the bees is not appealing to most children or parents.
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Old 07-10-2008, 09:33 AM   #104 (permalink)
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I have a 14 year old daughter, and I'm open to talking about sex with her. And I do. But 9 times out of 10, she rolls her eyes and doesn't want to talk about it. It is embarrassing to her to talk with me about it. And as I said, I am very cool and open about this stuff. We talk about everything together, religion, politics, history, music, clothes, etc. But when I trun the conversation to boys or sex, she is visibly looking for a place to hide. So I am very thankful that she has some other information from school besides what the other kids are telling her. We are very close, and we have discussed sex, and she knows what I needed her to know about it, but she isn't going to come to me with the important questions, especially if she thinks I would not approve of what she is asking about. (The only thing that I don't approve of is her having sex at 14, but if she were going to, she isn't going to tell me until a long time afterwards.) So can you imagine how some of these other kids whose parents don't discuss sex with them, or who have made it clear to their kids in some way that it is unacceptable for them to have these human urges or to act on them, must feel when faced with making choices about their sexual lives?
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Old 07-10-2008, 10:08 AM   #105 (permalink)
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I have a 14 year old daughter, and I'm open to talking about sex with her. And I do. But 9 times out of 10, she rolls her eyes and doesn't want to talk about it. It is embarrassing to her to talk with me about it. And as I said, I am very cool and open about this stuff. We talk about everything together, religion, politics, history, music, clothes, etc. But when I trun the conversation to boys or sex, she is visibly looking for a place to hide. So I am very thankful that she has some other information from school besides what the other kids are telling her. We are very close, and we have discussed sex, and she knows what I needed her to know about it, but she isn't going to come to me with the important questions, especially if she thinks I would not approve of what she is asking about. (The only thing that I don't approve of is her having sex at 14, but if she were going to, she isn't going to tell me until a long time afterwards.) So can you imagine how some of these other kids whose parents don't discuss sex with them, or who have made it clear to their kids in some way that it is unacceptable for them to have these human urges or to act on them, must feel when faced with making choices about their sexual lives?

I have a 14 year old nephew who does the same thing. Since his mother has made it clear that she is uncomfortable discussing sex with him and that she trusts me to tell him the right things and since his father is a loser who is apt to teach him a bunch of macho bullshit, I just keep talking anyway.

He may roll his eyes and look away. He may not respond. But so far he hasn't left the room or told me to shut up. And just a couple of months ago he told me that he likes talking to me because we can (and do) talk about anything. (I think we were talking about our mutual love of classic rock that particular day.)

At any rate, I know he hears me. And I know that he knows that what I tell him comes from my love of him and my desire to keep him safe.
So, as his surrogate parent, I just keep yappng. If a little embarrassment now can save him from an STD or from too early fatherhood then it will definitely have been worth it.
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Old 07-10-2008, 12:01 PM   #106 (permalink)
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My mom and dad never discussed sex with me, as far as I can remember. I guess they felt it was best to let those sex education teachers us school kids about that subject.
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I have a 14 year old daughter, and I'm open to talking about sex with her. And I do. But 9 times out of 10, she rolls her eyes and doesn't want to talk about it. It is embarrassing to her to talk with me about it. And as I said, I am very cool and open about this stuff. We talk about everything together, religion, politics, history, music, clothes, etc. But when I trun the conversation to boys or sex, she is visibly looking for a place to hide. So I am very thankful that she has some other information from school besides what the other kids are telling her. We are very close, and we have discussed sex, and she knows what I needed her to know about it, but she isn't going to come to me with the important questions, especially if she thinks I would not approve of what she is asking about. (The only thing that I don't approve of is her having sex at 14, but if she were going to, she isn't going to tell me until a long time afterwards.) So can you imagine how some of these other kids whose parents don't discuss sex with them, or who have made it clear to their kids in some way that it is unacceptable for them to have these human urges or to act on them, must feel when faced with making choices about their sexual lives?
You're daughter is fortunate having a Mum to discuss sex with, even if it's uncomfortable.

Imagine how girls must feel about discussing sex with their adoptive homosexual 'fathers'?!?
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... and gaysher turns this issue into a gay subject
That's all he worries about.
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