Writer's Block: Girls and Boys

[veronica_rich]

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Yeah, abstinence only ... LOL ... because if we don't tell them, they won't find out. Any adult who believes in that after Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston - not to mention their own childhood - is just being willfully naive and argumentative for the sake of hearing their own voice.

Comments

[starrdust411.livejournal.com]

I think telling the truth about the consequences of sex is important both for in school and at home sex education. My aunt recently gave a sex lecture to her teenage granddaughter and told her that all STDs were fatal. Obviously I didn't say anything, because who am I to talk about sex or parenting, but I personally felt that it was wrong to use lies/scare tactics to get the girl to stay away from sex. (Although my aunt's heart was in the right place, since her daughter had gotten pregnant at 16 and the granddaughter was the result of this encounter).

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

I'm not in favor of scaring a kid to death, but I think it depends on the kid's personality, maturity level, ability to handle information, and penchant for rebelliousness - i.e., there will always be kids that you can tell the truth and explain carefully that you don't want them going out and doing this, but if they DO choose to for some dumb reason, you want them to know the facts and how to prevent unwanted things ... and all they're going to hear is "no" whereupon their response is going to be "YOU SAID NO! IMMA GO DO IT NOW!!!"