Who has influenced your sah/woh
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Who has influenced your sah/woh
| Thu, 02-09-2006 - 2:39pm |
opinion to DIFFER. What I mean is--is there anyone on this board or in real life whose opinion/reasoning/debating/facts started to make your thinking more to the middle? As in if you thought sah or woh was best & then after some discussion/thought, you began to think that whatever is best for each family--really there is no one best way, etc.
We just really needed a new thread here!!!!!!!!


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"i just want my kids to know that they are never going to be deemed immoral or bad if they choose to have sex as teens."
Ditto :)
Same here. My kids had Halloween candy in their rooms every year until we threw it away at Christmas time.
Robin
We have something similar in our district.
PumpkinAngel
"No. I chose 21 because that's when I think you are truly an adult (rather than 18)."
Why? Is there something special about the age of 21?
Also, did you wait until 21 then? Or perhaps sometime later?
Jennie
"If sex at age 15 enhanced your life and in no way detracted, I'd say you were clearly the exception rather than the rule"
Perhaps so, perhaps not. Who's to say one way or the other?
"and that your experience says nothing about what we should teach our children about sex."
I wasn't aware that it should. Were you under such an impression?
I think sex at 15 is a poor choice that can lead to negative consequences. I'm glad you didn't suffer those consequences, but I don't want my kids to risk it.
The teen brain is not fully developed at 15, which is why they are so emotional. Kids really aren't adults at that age, regardless of how mature you feel you were.
I don't think anybody is ready to have sex at 15. And personally, I'm glad I gave myself some time to explore relationships and dating without the added pressure/emotions of sex. There is absolutely no harm in waiting to have sex, but there can be a lot of harm in having it at 15. There is no sexual experience you can have at 15 that you can't have later.
"Are you really and truly OK with the thought that your dd might start having regular sexual intercourse at age 15?"
Yes, I am really and truly OK with the thought that my dd might start having regular sexual intercourse at age 15.
I am under no illusions whatsoever that this is indeed a distinct possibility.
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