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Okay...um, I'm all for educating kids about sex as early as they can handle understanding it and being able to determine on their own that it's probably not a good idea until they're 1) A little older and 2) Have access to birth control.
But...providing BC to younger teens (11-13 years of age) through the school...is kinda mind blowing. Are we really that messed up that kids are starting that early and/or parents are not paying that good attention?
Or am I just that old fashioned? Granted, I lost my virginity at 17, but by then I'd already been educated both in school and at home several times over about BC and sex, as did my boyfriend, and we had a serious talk about it all before doing anything.
ETA: PS, in case you haven't figured out, I often vacation on the banks of De Nile in RE: to my rape at ten. *cough*. That more accurately should have read 'when I first willingly consented to sex' instead of 'when I lost my virginity'. Ah, the fun of living with a mother who likes to hide everything that happens. Mental re-programming is fun!.
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But...providing BC to younger teens (11-13 years of age) through the school...is kinda mind blowing. Are we really that messed up that kids are starting that early and/or parents are not paying that good attention?
Or am I just that old fashioned? Granted, I lost my virginity at 17, but by then I'd already been educated both in school and at home several times over about BC and sex, as did my boyfriend, and we had a serious talk about it all before doing anything.
ETA: PS, in case you haven't figured out, I often vacation on the banks of De Nile in RE: to my rape at ten. *cough*. That more accurately should have read 'when I first willingly consented to sex' instead of 'when I lost my virginity'. Ah, the fun of living with a mother who likes to hide everything that happens. Mental re-programming is fun!.
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