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Originally Posted by katex
to take up Tinks point .. how do we really know when 'we' consider they are ready ? Different countries have varying attitudes, but only because it fits in with the way they are socially structured (or lack of it sometime)
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Kate do you mean 'we' as parents or 'we' as a society?
As parents it's not for us to decide, the high rate of teenage pregnancy in this country goes to show they'll do it when they think ready. It's just our role as parents to talk to them, guide them and hope they make the right decisions for themselves.
As a society, I think it sets us apart from other, as you say, 'less structured' that we value our childrens right to a childhood.