Teen Sex Ed Covers the Birds and the Bees, Minus the Birth Control

When I had sex ed in school it was a joke.
A cartoon like vagina and penis were displayed on an overhead projector and all we learned that day was how to have sex.
More practical information like the sleepless nights with a crying baby, loss of basic freedom to do what you want and STD's would be beneficial in helping to reduce or prevent many unfortunate accidents.
Without all inclusive information and education, contraceptives can be an invitation for recklessness.

In my school they showed the Miracle of Life. Yeah, we had a very low pregnancy rate in my high school and doubtless, those were the kids that were absent that day. I certainly waited until I was the age of consent to have sex.

Who needs Sex-ed? All you do is have to teach your kids abstinence the way Sarah Palin taught her daughter....oh, wait a sec.......

Funny thing is, that in sex-ed I learned about STIs and whatnot. I saw warts on vaginas and pus coming out of penises, but I never really learned anything at all about contraceptives. :<

Cher.....could you tell me where your daughter goes to college :)

I didn't get sex education in school till 10th or 11th grade. That is waaaayyyy too late for it considering I remember most kids talking about sex and becoming interested in girls around 6th or 7th grade. Of course the biggest opposition to kids getting this education this early is the parents. So guess what parents, either take it upon yourself to teach your own kids, or quit opposing sex-ed in schools. And the biggest offenders of all the parents? It's the parents that try to control and protect every aspect of their kids lives. If they are in public school, there is no protecting them. The best you can do is tell them what you expect of them, and hope they don't try to burn down the house with you in it.

We need to up the birth rate in this country pronto, in order to eventually outnumber the Chinese and conquer them in WW3. So c'mon ladies... start popping out soldiers!

I'm happy for you Caroline, but you ought to know that "the pill" does nothing to protect you from getting AIDs or some other STD.

Gee whiz, you know, I learned that part, too! I never got an STD or pregnant or anything! It's been a wonderful life. Wish most of you here could find some sense of peace.

Why in the world would someone give you grief over that? Your daughter is an ADULT now. No longer a child. She doesn't need your permission to have sex. She can go buy her own condoms, make her own doctor appointments to get birth control, and make her own decisions about her body. Your friends must be a strange crowd.

Eh...I would’ve given her the money to buy the condoms. That’s kinda weird giving your daughter a box of condoms. I’m not saying it’s wrong, it’s just unusual. If my parents gave me a box of condoms before I left college, I would be REALLY weirded out by that.

That is AWESOME!!!! You are the kind of parent who gives a d@^n about their kid. I just wish more parents out their cared enough to make sure that their kids are protected instead of worrying about feeling "weird" about talking to them about sex.

Bravo for your courage to deal with reality. Wifey accidentially caught younger son with a girl while he was in the act. Wifey went out and bought condoms for both sons. Younger son told his friends - they all asked for a few. Younger son goes to wifey a few days later and asked for another dozen - wifey was sick until son told her that all is friends wanted them. At the next social evening out, all of those parents were in denial, think their sons were not involved with a girl. OK - they were going steady - but they are all having sex !!!! Bravo again and again.

Did you also give her a going away keg???

So now that you've sent her off into the world with a box of condoms, you decided to become a parent now?

Cher, this tells us what you did when you were that age, maybe your daughter is the result of those days...

You supplied your daughter with condoms, but did you instruct her on how to properly apply one on an erection? Or that her male companions might have a latex allergy so alternative condom materials are necessary? etc.? Oh, my dear, you have no idea what a Pandora's box of complexities you have opened.