Its sickens me how we prolong "childhood" in this country. It used to be very common for folks to get married in their teens, if they weren't going to college.
Flame away protectors of the 20th century social order.
I agree with you.
Do you have kids?
It's worse than that. Kids get so many mixed messages...It's good...its bad...it's good...it's bad. Condoms in school, MTV shows, textbooks...and then they do what they're being told is ok...and then they're arrested. I'm saying it's society's fault for being so wishy washy about it.
It's worse than that. Kids get so many mixed messages...It's good...its bad...it's good...it's bad. Condoms in school, MTV shows, textbooks...and then they do what they're being told is ok...and then they're arrested. I'm saying it's society's fault for being so wishy washy about it.
The reactions on this thing will be all over the place. You don't want your 15 year old daughter having sex with older guys. You probably don't want this guy in jail for ten years. This is what happens when society tries to get tough and creates strict laws. Is a 15 year old an adult? Absolutely not. And once you start let 15 and 14 year olds have consensual sex, how do you feel when a 14 year old is seduced by a 40 year old?
>>Flame away protectors of the 20th century social order.>>
My kids were raised to be responsible adults when they hit 13. No teenage period of getting away with childish things without answering for them. That is a western concept. I reject it, at least for my kids.
Worked great. No criminal records. All six in or through college. No pre-marital pregnancies. No drunks, druggies or unemployed people. It's called RESPONSIBILITY.
There is no such word in the teenage years. Prove me wrong with facts.
Childhood is prolonged in this country?!?! Are you kidding me?!?! We push our kids to be grown up and treat them as grown ups long before we should in this country! These children are proof of that.
Just because it was common for teens to get married in the past doesn't make it a good idea. I speak from experience here. A 16 year old child has no idea what they really want in life because they have no idea what life really is at that age.
Go back to the old days, lower the age of consent to 14 (when most people are biologically post-pubescent) with the understanding that society is not to be financially responsible for any outcome.
It sickens me how we prolong "childhood" in this country. It used to be very common for folks to get married in their teens, if they weren't going to college.
I'm with you 100% on that! But the way I would do it would be alot more involved. I would like to re-haul our entire fluffy K-12 educational system...I would like to shave 3 years off of it by getting rid of the worthless self-esteem/sex-ed type crap, the ass-grab in the hallway etc. I would also like to see more progress on the homeschool front. We could also probably shave at least 1 year off of 4 year degrees, getting rid of the
If we could have children educated by 15, they could then attend college, meet their spouses, and start families the right way. They would avoid the prolonged 10+ year sexual repression from puberty until marriage (which virtually no one follows right now because it's impossible).
In this plan, if someone at age 15 or 16 wanted to stay at home with their parents while they comuted or telecommuted to college, than that's fine too becasue they would be done around 18 or 19, and ready to marry and move out of the house etc.