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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How much are your supervising your high school juniors who are dating? DS has a new girlfriend who has been spending a lot of time at our house. We’ve been letting them hang out in his room and our basement as long as the doors are left open - and I occasionally show up to make random conversation. It’s a weird line to walk. Just curious how others are handling this. Soon enough they’ll have licenses and a lot more freedom. We talk pretty openly about sex and relationships but this is a new thing to navigate.[/quote]

The best thing you can do is model what a healthy relationship looks like. And have real world discussions about maturity, consent, pregnancy, stds, and so forth. But there is no stopping hormonal teenagers "in love." Think back to when you were 16/17. Backyard. Golf course. The Woods. Back of a car. You can patrol the basement all you want, but it's not stopping desire.

For a boy, I'd really stress consent and birth control. They're going to have sex. They don't need rose pedals. But they do need information delivered in a non-judgmental manner. We've all been there. Be safe. Be sober. Be good. And don't get anyone pregnant. [/quote]

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