How Old Were You?

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in short, save your parents the trouble by waiting to have sex when you are older at least old enough to drive and work. After all they have done for you the least you can do is not put them at risk of having to face all the troubles that will come if something does happen to you.

I understand being able to work, but what has driving got to do with it? So she can drive herself to hospital when she goes into labour? And in a lot of states (if not all of them) the legal age to drive is 15, so she can have sex next year?

sorry bob, the driving thing was kinda suppose to be connected to the working thing (driving to work) but i guess you can walk, bike or take the bus. but working is a difinite must, i think most places are 18+ now. Only places that still hire 16+ are like whacked out stores in the mall that make you wear funny uniforms.

Thats not true, when i was 16 i worked at borders book making good money

Are you saying people need to be old enough to pay for their own abortion?

Damn right they should.

hehe i didnt think of it that way but thats a pretty damn good idea too!

yap, i totally understand what u r saying...i had this friend of mine in high school... she got pregnant while still studying... it was like hell for her.... but she hanged in and graduated with us... it's not a strange sight here for a 14 years old girl pregnant or with kids... we have natives who get married when they were just 12 or 13... so u still can see young girls having kids very young... but, it's getting more modern now since ppl r encouraging free education... so girls don't have to stay home to make babies, they can go to school now....better.... still exists some pretty sad cases ~~

yea honestly i would like to see more women go out get an education, and be able to do whatever they want with their lives. It sucks that most countries only think of women as sex tools, baby makers, and housecleaners. Any woman that respects herself can see that she could do a whole lot better than that. I wouldnt mind being with a educated virgin than a girl who has a toddler already and works at mcdonalds with not even a high school education. Babies can wait, girls can finish their college education by 22-23 and start having kids then.

Ok, now I'm feeling really offended. It does take two people to make a baby. And I don't hear you blasting the dead beat dads for not helping out these young girls.

Yeah! Don't the guys have a role here? At lest that was my first thought. But unfortunately in so many cases, the girl and her family are left with the baby. The guy just disappears. It shouldn't be that way.

strokes lish's hair in a soothing calming manner*

point missingteen sex does not equal teen pregnancy. When I was a teen I had some great sex with some great teens but no babies. Of course, I'm not an idiot either.

I'm not blaming the guys because it takes the girl to agree to having sex in the first place, not the guy. Everyone knows that guys want sex. It takes a really strong minded girl to refuse or hold off till older.unsupervised...not saying all teens get pregnant, but just like you, those that did thought they were doing everything ok too. They just happen to be the unlucky ones that got pregnant.

and just to add one more thing, what do u girls think when u are having sex with the guy? that if you got pregnant he'll help you out?? give me a break...only a really ignorant girl would believe that...unfortunately there are so many and thats why there are all these single teenage moms out there. Everyone knows guys are deadbeats thats why i dont blame them. THe girl just has to ask herself this: if i have sex with him and something happens, will he support me or just dump me? But no girls go and have sex because some guy says he loves her but only wants sex. Honestly i dont know many teen girls who got pregnant and the guys stayed to help.

A lot of teen pregnancies are accidents. Many are not. Some girls, in some circumstances, think that a child will solve their issues of lonliness, feeling of not being loved, and bad family life.A nurse practioner friend of mine had many such girls as patients. There was no talking sense into them.

really? thats the first time i ever heard of that.I guess if they want the babies and they can support themselves then ok. But a lot of people dont want babies in their teens. I'm sure they wouldnt want to give up their friends and going out and stuff just to take care of a child for the rest of their lives.

Some do, some don't. A lot of the girls who have babies are not too stupid to realize that umprotected sex can get them pregnant; they're too ignorant to realize that having a baby will not only not solve their problems, but will make their lives very, very difficult.As much as you rail against teens having sex, they will continue to have sex, and must be taught about "family planning" at an earlier age than it's done here and, apparently, in England. My biology teacher touched on the subject in 10th grade, but we didn't have "health" class until late in 10th or sometime in 11th grade. Health class wasn't super-comprehensive either. And it was already too late for some people.

yea i agree, they are taught pretty late here in the states. The family planning courses they have in high school are a joke too....sigh...

I went to a privite school and we were initially taught in 5th grade