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regular.joe · 11-04-2009, 05:16 PM

Admittedly I don't have the perspective that the women posting in this thread have. I'm a 42 year old dude with a 21 year old and 14 year old boys. This is what I tell the young men. Sex makes kids, when you are ready to take on the responsibility of providing everything for a little human being, then you can have sex. The single best tested way to not have children, is to not have sex. Now, there is contraception, nothing is 100%. Because I can't lock you under the stairs for the rest of your life, nor do I want to, you get to decide. So far, so good. I don't have any grandkids yet.

Now, when did it become a bad thing for people to have kids at any age?

It's a bad thing to have kids and not take responsibility for your progeny, at any age. And, teens are not the most responsible demographic, I think Socrates complained about the youth in his day. I for one, will not approach this subject from a position that having children is a life ending affair. Having children is a life fulfilling affair. This is what I want my boys to know. Having them, being their father, has helped my life to be full and wonderful in more ways then I can count. Yes, challenging as well. It's a package deal.

So to bring this all together, I've taken longer then I expected with this one, we shouldn't teach our children that sex is a casual thing to be taken lightly. Yet, we do in so many ways teach them this. I do believe that this is tied up in your question, should we give young girls birth control.

How about this. Girls can begin menstruation between 8 and 16 years of age, most likely though between 11 and 16. Should girls and boys between 11 and 16 years be having sex? I think the answer on many levels is: No....but I should be giving them birth control and contraception? Then the answer is yes.

11-04-2009, 05:16 PM	#11
regular.joe Старый сержант Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NC, dreaming of large Russian women. Posts: 1,464	Admittedly I don't have the perspective that the women posting in this thread have. I'm a 42 year old dude with a 21 year old and 14 year old boys. This is what I tell the young men. Sex makes kids, when you are ready to take on the responsibility of providing everything for a little human being, then you can have sex. The single best tested way to not have children, is to not have sex. Now, there is contraception, nothing is 100%. Because I can't lock you under the stairs for the rest of your life, nor do I want to, you get to decide. So far, so good. I don't have any grandkids yet. Now, when did it become a bad thing for people to have kids at any age? It's a bad thing to have kids and not take responsibility for your progeny, at any age. And, teens are not the most responsible demographic, I think Socrates complained about the youth in his day. I for one, will not approach this subject from a position that having children is a life ending affair. Having children is a life fulfilling affair. This is what I want my boys to know. Having them, being their father, has helped my life to be full and wonderful in more ways then I can count. Yes, challenging as well. It's a package deal. So to bring this all together, I've taken longer then I expected with this one, we shouldn't teach our children that sex is a casual thing to be taken lightly. Yet, we do in so many ways teach them this. I do believe that this is tied up in your question, should we give young girls birth control. How about this. Girls can begin menstruation between 8 and 16 years of age, most likely though between 11 and 16. Should girls and boys between 11 and 16 years be having sex? I think the answer on many levels is: No....but I should be giving them birth control and contraception? Then the answer is yes. __________________ Birth, wealth, and position are valueless during wartime. Man is only judged by his character --Soldier's Testament. Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature. - Marcus Aurelius.