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Anonymous wrote:Better yet, abstinence and no dating. Problem solved.

This does not happen in a vacuum. Parents have to be very engaged with the kids and the kids have to have a full plate with academics, sports, ECs and supportive and positive appropriate socializing. Just telling kids that they have to practice absitinence will not work. You have to keep them busy, provide support that they feel encouraged, and help them to work towards a worthwhile goal.

Also, if the kid has faced sexual grooming, abuse and neglect as a kid, or the family is dysfunctional then the kid can be promiscuous sexually. So, the birth control, condoms, dental dams, and HPV vaccines are super important.

Anonymous wrote:I know a private school that for a homework assignment requires kids to go to a local CVS and purchased condoms and provide the receipt to the teacher.
The point is - if you are uncomfortable buying condoms - you might want to think twice about if you are ready to have sex.

I know many will talk about the injustice of the assignment - but if nothing else, it gets the kids talking.

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Anonymous wrote:OK, I'm confused. What is wrong with using condoms and then going to get Plan B if the condom breaks? That is already 2 levels of protection. You are recommending that teens use condoms, Plan B, and be on the pill/IUD/whatever for a 3rd type of converage? Doesn't that seem excessive?

Plan B is expensive. Not every teen is going to be able to get it.

But yes everyone having sex who doesn't want kids should be using two methods. Condoms and spermicide. Condoms and pill. Condoms and IUD. And so on. Plan B is not pleasant and should only be used in emergencies, not as a typical contraception method.

Anonymous wrote:OK, I'm confused. What is wrong with using condoms and then going to get Plan B if the condom breaks? That is already 2 levels of protection. You are recommending that teens use condoms, Plan B, and be on the pill/IUD/whatever for a 3rd type of converage? Doesn't that seem excessive?

Anonymous wrote:OK, I'm confused. What is wrong with using condoms and then going to get Plan B if the condom breaks? That is already 2 levels of protection. You are recommending that teens use condoms, Plan B, and be on the pill/IUD/whatever for a 3rd type of converage? Doesn't that seem excessive?

Anonymous wrote:Please, if your kid is dating, even if you don't "think" they're having sex, provide them with birth control. Even better, two kinds!

DD recently accompanied her friend (16) to the drugstore to get Plan B because "the condom broke." Yes, a condom is a start but friend is not on BC.

Yes, DD is on BC.

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Anonymous wrote:Agree with OP. My kids had also gone with a friend to get plan B. Since I have condoms in the house for safe teen planning “just in case,” you should know many kids have come by to take some from my kid. And…they tell my kid they wish they could talk to their parents about this but they can’t.

Oh look. It’s the cool mom. You have the alcohol too, right?

Cool mom, but not a young grandma or mom to dead kids. I'll take that any day.

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I’m sorry; how did we go from handling out condoms like candy, to having dead kids? You’ve really bought into the progressive parenting movement hook, line and sinker.

Why don’t you just try being an active parent instead of trying to be their best friend?

Because forbidding teenagers from having sex is such an effective tactic?

yes, it is. you should try it sometime.

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Anonymous wrote:Agree with OP. My kids had also gone with a friend to get plan B. Since I have condoms in the house for safe teen planning “just in case,” you should know many kids have come by to take some from my kid. And…they tell my kid they wish they could talk to their parents about this but they can’t.

Oh look. It’s the cool mom. You have the alcohol too, right?

Cool mom, but not a young grandma or mom to dead kids. I'll take that any day.

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I’m sorry; how did we go from handling out condoms like candy, to having dead kids? You’ve really bought into the progressive parenting movement hook, line and sinker.

Why don’t you just try being an active parent instead of trying to be their best friend?

Because forbidding teenagers from having sex is such an effective tactic?

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Anonymous wrote:Agree with OP. My kids had also gone with a friend to get plan B. Since I have condoms in the house for safe teen planning “just in case,” you should know many kids have come by to take some from my kid. And…they tell my kid they wish they could talk to their parents about this but they can’t.

Oh look. It’s the cool mom. You have the alcohol too, right?

Cool mom, but not a young grandma or mom to dead kids. I'll take that any day.

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I’m sorry; how did we go from handling out condoms like candy, to having dead kids? You’ve really bought into the progressive parenting movement hook, line and sinker.

Why don’t you just try being an active parent instead of trying to be their best friend?

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Anonymous wrote:Agree with OP. My kids had also gone with a friend to get plan B. Since I have condoms in the house for safe teen planning “just in case,” you should know many kids have come by to take some from my kid. And…they tell my kid they wish they could talk to their parents about this but they can’t.

Oh look. It’s the cool mom. You have the alcohol too, right?

Cool mom, but not a young grandma or mom to dead kids. I'll take that any day.

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t need to be 21 to buy condoms. Using condoms can’t kill someone if you get behind the wheel. Stop comparing apples to oranges.

If they’re not mature enough to get their own condoms. Whether that be from the counselors office at school, or asking for a store employee to unlock the antitheft case and then have the cashier ring them up—then they’re not mature enough for sex.