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Originally posted by SummerChild
I think that *anything* is bad for someone (teen or adult) if that person is not equipped to handle the consequences - teen or adult. Shoot, some of these men running around having babies all over the place (and the women letting them) - sex is bad for them too! And their adults.
When a teen is able to step out of his mommy and daddy's house, get a house of his/her own and raise a baby on his/her own w/out relying on someone to help (whether it be mommy and daddy or gov't. mommy and gov't. daddy) then teens should talk about having sex. When they are ready to face potentially contracting HIV, Herpes (which apparently is on the rise) and any other number of sexually transmitted, non-curable diseases, then maybe.
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A child should be just that a child. I think it is easier to say what we would want for young people but was it that easy for us to do what we are suggesting? I lived by the example of my parents. My mother always explained to me that its not great to have a large number of sexual partners and you should love who you give yourself to and not just like them a lot. That set the tone for my standards as a youth.
If you are able to move out and provide for a child, then you are an adult and most teens just are not ready, curious but not ready. So how do we prepare the not ready but, they are going to do what they want anyway and he just have to hope that we provided enough morals and values in them to make the best decision. All children run to what we tell them not to run to.