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Originally Posted by lettie
Lastly...... Parents have a lot to answer for. Can the parents on this forum honestly hold their hands up and say that they have frank, open discussions with their teens about sex, emotions, diseases, pregnancy etc. I know that my parents didn't, except to explain how pregnancies happen. Parents have to take some responsibility regarding teenage sex. My dad, being rather old fashioned has not had the wherewithall to speak to my teenage sister.. I have had many a discussion with her from the age of 13. She knows almost as much as I do about HIV, Chlamydia, Gonorrhoea and pregnancy. These are my areas of expertise and I consider that I have done a decent job on her.
It's high time that we, as a nation, got over our inhibitions and started talking to our teens. A teenage pregnancy is by no means the worst thing that can happen to them. HIV is on the increase, it is a lifelong disease and it kills...
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Me does!!
in fact one just got brought up & i had to make sure she understood what it meant [thank fully she did] funny it was the condom so the discussion just came up so i could inform her its uses, also aware of the pill im open with that as well & im always making it stigma here for teenage pregnancies - cos no i dont want to be a young granny, plus the life we have means i share openly the crap of life, that choosing means choosing consequences, so yeh my kids as aware as i am, at the time they are ready & hope i set a good example to them & just hope they darn listen!!