Too Much Too Soon
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Middle school students in Maine will be able to get birth control pills, and patches.
King Middle School approved the proposal yesterday evening. Middle school student’s grades 6 through 8 will be able to go to the nurse’s office and get them.
Would you want your middle school daughter to be able to get birth control pills without your knowledge? According to Kings, school nurse Lisa Belanger, 13 percent of Main’s middle schools are having intercourse, and these are 11 and 12 years old children.
According to the Today show, the parents are divided on the subject; seven favored and two opposed the board’s decision.
As a mother I am very concerned about their decision, and how it will affect my local school board regarding this subject in the future.
Pre-teens are having sex, who is to blame? This is the reality, and it can no longer be ignored and put on the back burner.
Who is to blame? I would have to say it’s the media, but mostly parents are to blame. Children should be told at an earlier age about sex and the consequences it brings.
I remember sitting down with my son when he was 8 to watch a tape we got at the library, on the birds and the bees. I told my sons early; a few minutes of pleasure can have a lifetime of regrets… I hope they realize it every time they want to have unprotected sex.
Mentally, and emotional these young children can not handle having sex. As an adult it’s hard to absorb emotionally, how on earth can a child can handle the emotions that sex brings?
Parents should not promote children having boyfriends, and girlfriends; they should not be dating, and going to the movies and going to each other houses and they should never be left unattended.
One particular mother I know was bragging that her 11 year had gotten a heart necklace from her boyfriend; she also told how she takes them to the movie and the mall, how they talk for hours on end on the phone. She was smiling the whole time she talked about it, and it seems she encouraged the relationship. What is wrong with her?
I never let my sons go anywhere with girls when they were 11. They can not handle the emotions. This can only harm your kids by letting them engage in sexual behavior. I realize we can’t be there all the time, but letting your kids have freedom at 11, or 12 is ridiculous.
And if they go to sleepovers, which I am totally against, know who they are sleeping with, ask questions. Don’t be afraid they won’t like you, we’re not their friends we’re their parents. Don’t wait till their 11, 12 to talk about sex; Wake up parents, middle school kids are having sex and we’re to blame!
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