What is the earliest age you would buy condoms for your son?

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Anonymous wrote:OP here - a sincere and heartfelt thank you to whoever wrote "The problem is that OP is trying as hard as she can to get her son to understand that he shouldn’t be having sex this young, but it looks like he’s just going to do it anyway." That is exactly the case.

I have no desire to break them up. She is an admirable girl, and they have a healthy relationship. (Most importantly - neither is the boss.) It is in face very likely that they won't have sex anytime soon because she is levelheaded. But my son is most certainly a romantic who sincerely believes himself ready for many adult things. (He'd like to vote and drive as well!) Of course I know that this very delusion proves that he's immature. This situation shouldn't be happening, But it is. So what would you do?

14 is young even for dating, much less a serious relationship.

You didn’t date as a HS freshman?

Nope

Interesting. My Gen X peers and I had Gf/Bf relationships then.

Exactly. Spin the bottle and 7 minutes in heaven were so typical for middle schoolers. I mean look at 13 going on 30. How about the movie Thirteen. Look at every single high school movie made from the 70's until now.

Some of you parents seem to have some strange notion that high schoolers are not sexually active and it's weird. And if you are going to show surveys, you realize that so so so so many teens lie, even in anonymous surveys for fear of being caught by crazy parents like you. And most teens will absolutely lie to your face. And if you forbid things, they will go behind you back the majority of the time.

I was a high schooler once and neither I nor any of my friends even dated.
I know that some of the other students did. Unlike you, I don't assume that EVERYONE had the same experience.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:WTF? Never. If he can’t buy his own condoms he’s not ready to have sex.

This is not a thought a 15 year old would have. Ever.

Newsflash: 15 year olds should not be having sex. If yours are, you are 100% failing them as parents.

This thread is so gross and pathetic.

The average age of first sex is 16 so there are plenty of 12-15yr olds having sex whether you like it or not. A 14 and 15yr old dating for a year are already having sex. As a parent, you can only talk to them so much and get books or send info. Ultimately teens are going to do things whether you like it or not. The stern parents are always the most clueless.

Jesus. Kids that young having sex are trashy kids raised by trashy parents. It is shocking to me that so many parents are okay with this. Bunch of cool moms, I guess?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:WTF? Never. If he can’t buy his own condoms he’s not ready to have sex.

This is not a thought a 15 year old would have. Ever.

Newsflash: 15 year olds should not be having sex. If yours are, you are 100% failing them as parents.

This thread is so gross and pathetic.

The average age of first sex is 16 so there are plenty of 12-15yr olds having sex whether you like it or not. A 14 and 15yr old dating for a year are already having sex. As a parent, you can only talk to them so much and get books or send info. Ultimately teens are going to do things whether you like it or not. The stern parents are always the most clueless.

Irrelevant.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Never. I will teach about safe sex. But, I will not provide contraceptives. I do not condone sex out of wedlock.

By 2010 only 5% of woman were virgins on their wedding night and 25% had 10 or more partners on their wedding night

By 2020 only 1% of woman were virgins and 39% had 10 or more partners on their wedding night


But you keep preaching mama!!

Thank you! So sick of the wedding night moms here.

Sex is great which is why honey teens like to have it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:WTF? Never. If he can’t buy his own condoms he’s not ready to have sex.

This is not a thought a 15 year old would have. Ever.

Newsflash: 15 year olds should not be having sex. If yours are, you are 100% failing them as parents.

This thread is so gross and pathetic.

The average age of first sex is 16 so there are plenty of 12-15yr olds having sex whether you like it or not. A 14 and 15yr old dating for a year are already having sex. As a parent, you can only talk to them so much and get books or send info. Ultimately teens are going to do things whether you like it or not. The stern parents are always the most clueless.

Jesus. Kids that young having sex are trashy kids raised by trashy parents. It is shocking to me that so many parents are okay with this. Bunch of cool moms, I guess?

+1

[Anonymous]

1) I don't know why a thread from 2020 was revived.
2) I'm surprised there aren't more teen pregnancies with the amount of ignorance on this board.
3) Birth control is not substitution for using a barrier method!!!

[Anonymous]

At 14

I put condoms, Plan B, and Narcan in the basement bathroom. My son and his friends have free access, any time, no questions asked. Stuff isn't taken often, but I do replace as necessary.

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12/13 for condoms

I am a coach for club travel and most of those boys are having sex before they enter high school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:12/13 for condoms

I am a coach for club travel and most of those boys are having sex before they enter high school.

Sry club lacrosse

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:39% had 10 or more partners on their wedding night

That’s one hell of a wedding!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:WTF? Never. If he can’t buy his own condoms he’s not ready to have sex.

This is not a thought a 15 year old would have. Ever.

Newsflash: 15 year olds should not be having sex. If yours are, you are 100% failing them as parents.

This thread is so gross and pathetic.

The average age of first sex is 16 so there are plenty of 12-15yr olds having sex whether you like it or not. A 14 and 15yr old dating for a year are already having sex. As a parent, you can only talk to them so much and get books or send info. Ultimately teens are going to do things whether you like it or not. The stern parents are always the most clueless.

Jesus. Kids that young having sex are trashy kids raised by trashy parents. It is shocking to me that so many parents are okay with this. Bunch of cool moms, I guess?

How do you come to this conclusion? What could parents have done differently?
I was a virgin until I was 24. My 17yo daughter is a virgin, as is my 15yo son. We talk frequently and openly about sex in our house. My 15yo has a girlfriend and I am constantly drilling it into his head that when he decides to have sex he must use a condom. I told my daughter repeatedly that I will get her on the pill whenever she needs it.
Now I could have had these same conversations with my kids and they may have chosen to have sex earlier. But they didn’t.
So how exactly did my parenting affect their choice to have or not have sex?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:39% had 10 or more partners on their wedding night

That’s one hell of a wedding!

Ha!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here - a sincere and heartfelt thank you to whoever wrote "The problem is that OP is trying as hard as she can to get her son to understand that he shouldn’t be having sex this young, but it looks like he’s just going to do it anyway." That is exactly the case.

I have no desire to break them up. She is an admirable girl, and they have a healthy relationship. (Most importantly - neither is the boss.) It is in face very likely that they won't have sex anytime soon because she is levelheaded. But my son is most certainly a romantic who sincerely believes himself ready for many adult things. (He'd like to vote and drive as well!) Of course I know that this very delusion proves that he's immature. This situation shouldn't be happening, But it is. So what would you do?

14 is young even for dating, much less a serious relationship.

You didn’t date as a HS freshman?

Nope

Interesting. My Gen X peers and I had Gf/Bf relationships then.

Exactly. Spin the bottle and 7 minutes in heaven were so typical for middle schoolers. I mean look at 13 going on 30. How about the movie Thirteen. Look at every single high school movie made from the 70's until now.

Some of you parents seem to have some strange notion that high schoolers are not sexually active and it's weird. And if you are going to show surveys, you realize that so so so so many teens lie, even in anonymous surveys for fear of being caught by crazy parents like you. And most teens will absolutely lie to your face. And if you forbid things, they will go behind you back the majority of the time.

I was a high schooler once and neither I nor any of my friends even dated.
I know that some of the other students did. Unlike you, I don't assume that EVERYONE had the same experience.

Yes. This is correct. School students must focus only on their academic assignments.

In my country, there is no question about providing condoms to boys because school students do not participate in such foolishness.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:WTF? Never. If he can’t buy his own condoms he’s not ready to have sex.

This is not a thought a 15 year old would have. Ever.

Newsflash: 15 year olds should not be having sex. If yours are, you are 100% failing them as parents.

This thread is so gross and pathetic.

The average age of first sex is 16 so there are plenty of 12-15yr olds having sex whether you like it or not. A 14 and 15yr old dating for a year are already having sex. As a parent, you can only talk to them so much and get books or send info. Ultimately teens are going to do things whether you like it or not. The stern parents are always the most clueless.

Jesus. Kids that young having sex are trashy kids raised by trashy parents. It is shocking to me that so many parents are okay with this. Bunch of cool moms, I guess?

How do you come to this conclusion? What could parents have done differently?
I was a virgin until I was 24. My 17yo daughter is a virgin, as is my 15yo son. We talk frequently and openly about sex in our house. My 15yo has a girlfriend and I am constantly drilling it into his head that when he decides to have sex he must use a condom. I told my daughter repeatedly that I will get her on the pill whenever she needs it.
Now I could have had these same conversations with my kids and they may have chosen to have sex earlier. But they didn’t.
So how exactly did my parenting affect their choice to have or not have sex?

I honestly don’t understand your point. Are you upset that your kids AREN’T having sex?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:12/13 for condoms

I am a coach for club travel and most of those boys are having sex before they enter high school.

1) how do you know this?
2) how do 12/13 year olds have enough totally unsupervised free time that “most” of them are able to be having sex?
3) honestly sounds like you are a sketchy “coach” if *most* of your mid-puberty boys are having sex