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Originally Posted by Undertoad
Some woman on the news has a kid that got knocked up. That won't change the decisions of the teens in the back row seat of the van. Not at all.
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Absolutely. Young people are going to have sex, or not. It's happened since the beginning of time (gasp...even before television!) and, barring mind control, will continue to happen in the future.
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Originally Posted by jinx
My kid's don't know who Bristol Palin is, but watched the show Jamie Lynn Spears was on regularly... Her pregnancy was a great opportunity to talk about such things with my kids, several times actually...
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Using the occasion to talk to your kids about sex...perfect! As a parent, isn't that the most you can do? Ultimately, the kids grow up and make their own decisions, but opening the lines of communication (i.e. education) is the best defense.
Certainly better than fire and brimstone and you better not have sex nor shall you have access to birth control because it will just make you have sex and don't watch TV or movies because you will want to have sex...blah blah blah.