The Question:
Imagine that you are a parent and you find out your teenager is sexually active. How might you handle this situation? Would you prefer to know or not know?
My Response:
If I were a parent and found out my teenager was sexually active I would first take a breather, contain my thoughts and find a way to bring up the subject with out lashing out or pushing the teenager away. Teenagers are very sensitive and they tend to get shy around the subject of sex, especially with a parent. I would start talking to them at a young age so that I did not need to find out my teenager is having sex after the fact. I would be honest with them and I would tell them the consequences and actions sex has between a man a women, and I would ask them that when they were ready to have sexual intercourse to come to me and we would talk about protection. If I found out after the fact, I prefer to know about it so that I can talk to them and either buy my son condoms and talk to him about it, or if it was a girl, get her on birth control pills and also talk with her, because birth control pills only prevents pregnancy not sexually transmitted diseases, it is important to talk about all aspects of sex.
In today’s society we forget that teenagers learn a lot at a young age, not only in school but in the media, blogs, magazines and more, but are they learning the right things? We need to be open about sex, it’s natural and there is nothing to be scared of, but if you rush into things and you aren’t careful, your life can change forever.
xo,
kristin nicole
~I got this question from my Human Sexuality Course I’m currently taking~
Love to hear your thoughts. xo
Beth says
A very good video on this topic which really goes into TONS of detail about the issue. It isn’t just STDs or pregnancy that teens need to worry about. Serious emotional and psychological problems are coming out of this “sexual experimentation is good for you” and “you can protect yourself” idea. Extremely serious problem that I wish I would have known about in my teen years.
Have your child watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CjmUReV_jU