[cynicom]

The only difference between modern times and the old days is the NUMBER of kids indulging. Knowing nothing or all about sex is a cop out. You do it, you decide, you live with it.

[Pukin Dog]

Oh yeah, I REALLY believe a kid actually wrote this.....

[UCANSEE2]

Unfortunately for us humans, experience is that thing that you get right after you really needed it.

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[pabianice]

Right. A 15-year-old wrote this. [/sarcasm]

[SamAdams76]

I think a big part of the problem is that an equal standard is not applied to the boys (regarding virginity until marriage). Boys are so pressured to be sexually active (peer group-wise) that it is actually considered shameful for a boy to admit to being a virgin. In fact, when I was in high school, I was routinely taunted for being one. (Not that they would know but they just assumed.)

[Pukin Dog]

"I think that if I had known more about sex and taken sex-ed classes in middle school, I would have realized that sex is not a game."

I think that if I were a liberal activist pretending to be a child in order to get noticed, I would try to come up with a more original talking point.

[kanawa]

I wrote to.... editor@layouth.com

"A forum in which I participate has been discussing whether or not this letter is genuine.
What assurance can you give that a 15 year old girl actually wrote this"

I'll let you know if I get a reply.

It is difficult for me to assign this letter to either a conservative or liberal forgery because it poses 2 actions (abstinence and sex-education), one of which is contrary to either position.

[tiamat]

"In the future, I want to wait to have sex until I meet someone who appreciates me. Sex can bring negative things when you are not ready for it."

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I don't see what al of the shooting is about.

The article SUPPORTS abstinance.

That said: I have met 15 year old kids who could have written this article.

Second: her parents are morons. By age 13, her mom should have sat her down and had The Talk. If Mom was too embarrased, she could have gotten an Auntie or someone else to do it

Parents who dodge this are just BEGGING to become early grandparents.

There are also a number of wholesome books that can be used. I know, I bought one for my daughter to look at and read.

I had The Talk early with my daughter (age 10) because she started her period at that age and it scared her. I'm not shy about such things, so it was easy for me. It would have been cruel to not tell her WHY her body was doing what it was doing.

I also wanted to be sure that she had the proper names for things, and that she understood what I thought of teen-age sex, unwanted pregnancy, etc.

I wanted to be very sure that my daughter got her first exposure to these things FROM ME, not the school, not her class-mates.

So I took the bull by the horns.

[traumer]

"Once I started having sex it was not easy to stop... "

It's Bush's fault !

[Xenalyte]

One, I didn’t know much about sex so I wanted to see what it was like. I saw it everywhere from Victoria’s Secret shops to television shows.

What mall does she go to? I've never seen anyone doing it in a Vicki's.

[Xenalyte]

I felt really bad about it because growing up I was taught that you shouldn’t lose your virginity until you’re married.

Then why did you do it, you ninny? Jeez, send her to the convent school before she pops out some daddyless babies.

[Nonstatist]

Kids yearning for sex education in the public schools. How believable.

[Xenalyte]

This article just gets better and better.

Once I started having sex it was not easy to stop.

Apparently, although her parents taught her that premarital sex is wrong, they forgot to teach her how to say "no."

[hope]

Sad...This is not unusual at all. It is expected of them at this age..

[FourPeas]

So I thought that if I was not a virgin it would not matter that much because it had lost its specialness.

[snip]

My parents and teachers were too embarrassed to sit me in a chair and talk to me about sex.

[snip]

I felt really bad about it because growing up I was taught that you shouldn’t lose your virginity until you’re married.

So....which way is it? Was "she" taught that she should remain a virgin until married or did no one teach her anything except the older guys? This is a pretty whopping inconsistency.

Then, there's the blaming. She kept having sex because her parents didn't show her love. She had sex because she didn't have sex education early enough. It couldn't possibly be her fault....right?

Whether this was written by a teen or not, it certainly indicative of the trouble found in our society.

[Eva]

I don't believe this, if the girl didn't have sex ed in middle school, it's because they had sex in grade school.

[Jorge]

In my neighborhood there were girls and boys experimenting and playing around by the time they were 7 years old.
Of course nobody had to worry about getting pregnant, but I thought all kids did this.

[Lancey Howard]

"The first time I had sex I was scared to death. I was all alone!"
- Rodney Dangerfield

[nickcarraway]

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