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

[keechakatt.livejournal.com]

My mother used the tactic that she felt was most effective. "If you come home pregnant, you can pack and go. If you're old enough to do that, you're old enough to get a job. I raised kids and I'm not raising anyone else's."

The funny thing was I had never been active. It did make me think about three meals a day and room and board for free. I wasn't about to mess that up over one night of fun and an 18 year obligation at the minimum. My friends didn't believe my mom would kick me out. I knew better. My bags would have been on the porch in a second and no grandchild would have made a difference.

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

I think it's important that kids have consequences for their actions, and this tactic worked for me, as well. But it won't work on all teens, and I think it's important that parents try to find what will. Because I don't think forcing a girl whose body isn't finished developing with hosting another body drawing from its nutrition, if it's against her will especially, is the best answer.