When my son was in the 8th grade, there was a boy 'caught' at school selling condoms for 0.50 each.

An anonymous survey was given to all 8th graders and the overwhelming reason why the kids who purchased them did was curiosity.

I have a friend who likes to tell a party story about not knowing what "pinch the tip" meant regarding applying a condom. He came from a very religious family and his parents always opted him out of sex ed classes. It wasn't until he was applying a condom in college to have sex with his then girlfriend that he was corrected on how to do it. He'd literally been pinching the tip of his penis, not the condom when rolling it on and having sex with his previous HS girlfriends.

I know when my husband had the talk with our son, he gave him some condoms. He talked with me beforehand and I was fine with this. I'd rather my kid know how to use the protection properly now rather than trying to figure it out in the heat of the moment.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your child has self control, they will not take the condoms in the first place. Problem solved, because there is no problem.

If you think your child has no self control and will have sex with anyone and everyone because there are condoms available at school, you have bigger problems than some free condoms.

Well, wait a minute. What if your kid takes one condom right away, but if s/he waits fifteen minutes, they can have two?

Tee hee!
I see what you did there!

Anonymous wrote:If your child has self control, they will not take the condoms in the first place. Problem solved, because there is no problem.

If you think your child has no self control and will have sex with anyone and everyone because there are condoms available at school, you have bigger problems than some free condoms.

Well, wait a minute. What if your kid takes one condom right away, but if s/he waits fifteen minutes, they can have two?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Which would you rather your child have-- a condom or a baby? Or a condom or an STI?

I am teaching my kids that there are other impacts of sex outside of getting pregnant or a STD that a condom or any kind of birth control can't stop. Whether we like to admit it or not, sex is an emotional tie. I would not want the school to give my kids condoms.

Do you think that it would induce your kids to disregard your teaching?

Crickets.

Different poster, it I prefer that schools not normalize teenagecsex by proactively distributing conforms. Available from the nurse is fin by me, but more than that is going to far by the state into my rights to parent.

Normalize teenage sex? You don't have a lot of awareness of history. Teenagers have been going at it despite, in many cases, terrible repercussions, for aeons.

I would actually prefer that they were passed out to every kid, multiple times, so that kids have lots of opportunities to get one sans embarrasement.

I don't believe having access to birth control makes you more likely to use it, and it certainly wasn't the case for me. I had easy access to condoms starting in 9th grade and went on the pill in 11th grade (for cycle regulation) and didn't have sex for the 1st time til I was in college. Very liberal parents, not religious. It was my decision.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Which would you rather your child have-- a condom or a baby? Or a condom or an STI?

I am teaching my kids that there are other impacts of sex outside of getting pregnant or a STD that a condom or any kind of birth control can't stop. Whether we like to admit it or not, sex is an emotional tie. I would not want the school to give my kids condoms.

Do you think that it would induce your kids to disregard your teaching?

Crickets.

Different poster, it I prefer that schools not normalize teenagecsex by proactively distributing conforms. Available from the nurse is fin by me, but more than that is going to far by the state into my rights to parent.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Like my old boss used to say (I used to work in repro/sexual health) - Just because you carry an umbrella, doesn't mean it's going to rain!

Same goes for condoms.

But you are probably much more likely to go out in the rain as opposed to waiting until the shower is over.

Well that shower isn't going to be over any time soon, and will likely be there for the rest of their lives, so have one always.

Anonymous wrote:Like my old boss used to say (I used to work in repro/sexual health) - Just because you carry an umbrella, doesn't mean it's going to rain!

Same goes for condoms.

But you are probably much more likely to go out in the rain as opposed to waiting until the shower is over.

The OP makes it sound like the administration is standing in front of each and every student and physically forcing a condom into their hand.
If that's the case, I have a problem with it.

But if it's a situation where a box of condoms is place in a location where any student can walk over and take one for himself/herself, I am ok with that.

Wait. There's unlimited ice cream in the cafeteria? Where is this?

If your child has self control, they will not take the condoms in the first place. Problem solved, because there is no problem.

If you think your child has no self control and will have sex with anyone and everyone because there are condoms available at school, you have bigger problems than some free condoms.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Which would you rather your child have-- a condom or a baby? Or a condom or an STI?

I'd prefer my child have self control. It's not hard.

I'll leave that alone.....

Trade the condom for a cum sock

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Which would you rather your child have-- a condom or a baby? Or a condom or an STI?

I am teaching my kids that there are other impacts of sex outside of getting pregnant or a STD that a condom or any kind of birth control can't stop. Whether we like to admit it or not, sex is an emotional tie. I would not want the school to give my kids condoms.

Do you think that it would induce your kids to disregard your teaching?

Crickets.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Which would you rather your child have-- a condom or a baby? Or a condom or an STI?

I'd prefer my child have self control. It's not hard.

If it is not hard, it is not a problem.

well done my friend, well done
<tip of my hat to you>