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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you start your daughter on birth control before she leaves for college?  Honest question that I've been thinking about lately. [/quote]

DD's been on the pill since 15 to control heavy periods.  She's looking into an IUD now.  As a poster above said, those are all the rage among teen girls now.  When I chat with the moms of her friends, that's what 99% of their daughters are on and my kid swears she's the only one on her volleyball team without one.

Anyway, since she got her license and started driving independently, she's been 100% responsible for her bc pill prescription.  It's not something I made a rule about, like, "well, you drive now, so you do this on your own."  It's just something that happened naturally.

My goal this summer is to make my son more medically independent.  He'll be 16 in a few weeks and he's still been relying on me to handle all medical appointment logistics (scheduling, remembering, going with him but not in, talking to the nurses before and after, payment, getting meds, etc.).  His excuse is "I just don't understand all this insurance and medical stuff!"  Well, this summer we learn!      [/quote]

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