Birth control, abortion and unwanted pregnancies.

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(08-14-2016, 03:05 AM)RICHMONDBENGAL_07 Wrote: Gotta say I agree.  I don't think anybody likes the Idea of abortion.  However, there are some very effective ways to prevent pregnancy other than just teaching abstenance.   I read in a book titled Girls and Sex  (and no it wasn't porn and was actually a scientific/journalistic study) that the average teenager loses their virginity at 17yo.  I was 17yo when I lost mine and I think some of us that are older forget what we were like as teenagers.   My son just turned 16yo and believe me we've had this talk years ago (much to his discomfort...lol) and still have it. At any rate I think far too many are just uncomfortable talking to their kids about sex.

I honestly started telling my two kids about waiting until marriage when they were pre-teens.  Started with my daughter the day she told me and my wife she learned there was no (spoilers) Santa Clause in 3rd grade...she was in 7th by the time she told us.  She mentioned that in 3rd grade "you heard about everything"...upon questioning she said that included sex.  

She went to Catholic school at the time!  

But yeah, they heard early and often about the consequences of sex.

She is 18 and has been dating her bf for almost 4 years we are 99% sure they haven't done anything yet.  And she gets upset with the students who are getting pregnant while still in school.  They are both graduated, she is working in her field and he is in the National Guard Reserves (basic training right now).  What they do going forward is out of my hands but we did what we could to prepare them and in the end they made the right decision.