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[quote=Anonymous]I come from a very conservative culture and was shocked when I heard that in 5th grade sex is covered under "health" education.  That was the time I decided to have very frank conversations about sex with my DD. That conversation has continued since then (she is a senior in HS). She does not date or have boyfriends. However, she has a large circle of friends (boys and girls) and she is very social.  I trust her completely and she is a person who will try her best to make good choices.

She has challenged all the things that my culture values - virginity, monogamous relationships,  no premarital sex, strong marriage, no divorce etc. - and I have had to really give her the answers that takes into account her upbringing and reality in this country.  If I do not want her to have sex, I can not  tell her that it is so because virginity is treasures, or sex is bad or she will bring shame to the family etc.  These things have no value and meaning.  I have to tell her frankly how sex now will impact her negatively in the long run in a logical manner, and in a way that my explanation can stand up to scrutiny from her.

Thankfully, she is exposed to many cautionary tales in HS about how girls get burned when they decide to have sex,  and each of these sorry tales actually bolsters my claim about how the teen boy's brain works.[/quote]

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