kids having kids!

[LarryS]

GAH! so a social issue that is huge at my school is all these teenage pregnancies. in freshmen health our teacher talked about safe sex. but from 6-8th grade all they talked about is how absence of sex is the only way. they even had people from new hope pregnancy center come in and talk about it. AND they were saying that even kissing is bad.
i really wish safe sex would be talked about more at our school. get in peoples minds that hey if youre going to  :brick:

okay rant over. i feel a little better now.

[Tank]

Education, common sense and effective contraception, the model espoused in the Netherlands. Very effective.

[DropLogic]

If Americans quit making sex such a big deal to kids, they wouldn't do it like crazed animals.  The same thing with drinking and drugs.  Rules are made to be broken.

[Asmodean]

Actually, as far as I have heard, British kids far outscrew and outdope American ones...  

[Cross]

I know what you mean! I go to a place considered a 'poor' school. We're in a bad neighborhood, and since I started going there I noticed something. Why are there girls around my age pregnant sitting in class with me? I do have to say, I'm proud that they're still in school but still... I have a lot of friends, but I mostly hang out with white kids (I have no idea why, I just blend in with them better >.>) so there isn't much talk about pregnancy. But we do occasionally talk about sex. Being someone asexual, I find the thought of me having sex with a boy (ew...) , getting pregnant (Ew...) and giving birth (Ew! >_<) very unappealing. I only have about three friends who are sexually active currently. I'm a little worried about two of them.

 Friend 1; Oh, she is just fine. I mean, she isn't shy about the idea of having sex and she even tells us about some of her experiences. She uses birth control and knows how to control herself. And she finds AWESOME boyfriends who adore her... where the heck does she get them though... She is so cool, but I wouldn't completely follow her example seeing as she started when she was younger. No pregnancy scares.

 Friend 2; I'm not sure, she had a boyfriend who is twenty two... take in mind that she is fifteen... Meh... She had a pregnancy scare once.

 Friend 3; Oh gosh, I've been afraid for her since middle school. She is a little.. meh.. She can't handle relationships, and I don't think she knows when a boy really loves her or not. She claims she is a 'born again virgin' though... she had like several or more pregnancy scares... probably six.  I don't know, I have not started counting.

  Anyway, I'm not sure.

[DropLogic]

I know what you mean! I go to a place considered a 'poor' school. We're in a bad neighborhood, and since I started going there I noticed something. Why are there girls around my age pregnant sitting in class with me? I do have to say, I'm proud that they're still in school but still... I have a lot of friends, but I mostly hang out with white kids (I have no idea why, I just blend in with them better >.>) so there isn't much talk about pregnancy. But we do occasionally talk about sex. Being someone asexual, I find the thought of me having sex with a boy (ew...) , getting pregnant (Ew...) and giving birth (Ew! >_<) very unappealing. I only have about three friends who are sexually active currently. I'm a little worried about two of them.

 Friend 1; Oh, she is just fine. I mean, she isn't shy about the idea of having sex and she even tells us about some of her experiences. She uses birth control and knows how to control herself. And she finds AWESOME boyfriends who adore her... where the heck does she get them though... She is so cool, but I wouldn't completely follow her example seeing as she started when she was younger. No pregnancy scares.

 Friend 2; I'm not sure, she had a boyfriend who is twenty two... take in mind that she is fifteen... Meh... She had a pregnancy scare once.

 Friend 3; Oh gosh, I've been afraid for her since middle school. She is a little.. meh.. She can't handle relationships, and I don't think she knows when a boy really loves her or not. She claims she is a 'born again virgin' though... she had like several or more pregnancy scares... probably six.  I don't know, I have not started counting.

  Anyway, I'm not sure.

K, that confirms it.  I'm never having kids.

[The Magic Pudding]

Friend 2; I'm not sure, she had a boyfriend who is twenty two... take in mind that she is fifteen... Meh... She had a pregnancy scare once.

I would assume a 22 year old with a 15 year old girl friend is a loser, who can't handle the challenge of grown up relationships.

[Cross]

Well... Friend number one is currently sixteen and dating a eighteen year old. But she has dated a twenty-nine year old before

[DropLogic]

Well... Friend number one is currently sixteen and dating a eighteen year old. But she has dated a twenty-nine year old before

Gotta be honest.  I sort of want to kill the 29 year old.

[LarryS]

Well... Friend number one is currently sixteen and dating a eighteen year old. But she has dated a twenty-nine year old before

I think these dudes are just using your friends for sex. i mean 29?!?!?! thats effed up. so is 22 and 15. i mean the 16 and 18 isnt bad. i mean when i was 16 i dated an almost 19 year old.

dont get me wrong im not saying dont have sex. i mean not gunna lie sex is pretty awesome. but BE SAFE

[LarryS]

Education, common sense and effective contraception, the model espoused in the Netherlands. Very effective.

Why we dont get educated more i am not sure. i guess in large to sex is still a touchy subject and too indecent for the conservative hicks

[DropLogic]

Education, common sense and effective contraception, the model espoused in the Netherlands. Very effective.

Why we dont get educated more i am not sure. i guess in large to sex is still a touchy subject and too indecent for the conservative hicks

That's so hypocritical though.  Most people start having sex starting at 13-16, some earlier, some later.  We need to just admit it once and for all, accept it, and then teach our kids how to protect themselves.  Once I started going to school dances in high school, my dad always gave me condoms.  I'm sure if he hadn't, I would not have protected myself.

[Cross]

I don't wanna have sex  

 I think it's kind of... eh... But that doesn't really stop me from reading yaoi and other interesting manga and fanfiction... -chuckles nervously- Sorry, I'm kind of the generic fan-girl

  And it was pretty interesting how it worked. The twenty-nine year old guy already had kids... like two... and she broke up with him. She already had sex with him when she was... fifteen, I think? I perhaps fourteen, I'm not sure.

  Anyway, I'm not interested in sex. I know what it is, and what they do. The idea is kind of a turn off for me though.

[Tank]

I don't wanna have sex  

 I think it's kind of... eh... But that doesn't really stop me from reading yaoi and other interesting manga and fanfiction... -chuckles nervously- Sorry, I'm kind of the generic fan-girl

  And it was pretty interesting how it worked. The twenty-nine year old guy already had kids... like two... and she broke up with him. She already had sex with him when she was... fifteen, I think? I perhaps fourteen, I'm not sure.

 Anyway, I'm not interested in sex. I know what it is, and what they do. The idea is kind of a turn off for me though.

It's interesting to find there are a few asexuals about. I had never heard the term until a few years ago when a lady on a forum in Australia mentioned it. The good thing about being free of dogma is that you don't have to do what dogmatists expect you to. If you don't want to have sex, which is not the same as not liking sex, you simply don't have to do it because it is fashionable.

One of my daughters has a very high sex drive and spent two years as a ski rep in France an a travel rep in Magaluf. She had her fill of fun and frolics and met her partner in Magaluf. My younger daughter has had one boy friend since she was 16 (23 now). Everybody is unique. The thing is being your age (15 to 17?) one is very much still a 'work in progress', still quite mutable so beware of constraining your future by setting in stone feeling you have now. Be prepared to change, because you will, accept it when it happens. Embrace knowledge and look after yourself as you are important. You may find a 'soul mate' you may not but as you go through life if you are kind to others more often than not they will be kind to you. And on those odd occasions when somebody is not kind in return, walk away, don't try and change them just accept that there are a few nasty, spiteful and mean spirited individuals in the world and it's simply best to avoid them. Choose a charity and support it, when times get hard you will have something of value to focus on.

[Thumpalumpacus]

Sex can be, but isn't always, fun.  Lovin' is great, but it comes with [strike:e2vj4ifi]strings[/strike:e2vj4ifi] ropes attached.

You'll want it when you meet the guy who lights your fires.  Don't worry about it until that time.  Just make sure you educate yourself, and never compromise on protection unless you're sure this is the guy you want fathering your children, and not giving you the clap.