Tips on talking to your teen boy about sex »
Posted by: MedievalMagic 5 months, 1 week agoAs parents we need to have the sex talk with our children, both boys and girls as early as possible. This way they will hopefully have a good idea of what sex is, what is ok and not ok, and the consequences like pregnancy, Aids and other STD's.
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david_nwpa5 months, 1 week ago
As good as this advice is for many parents, it does not address the comment: "Mom, Dad, I think I am gay." The article is written for the 90% of hetero children who need this information. For the other 10% what should parents say? My advice is get them hither to PFLAG. Accept that your child is gay, and stop shoving religious ideology such that your child thinks he is a sinful heathen instead of a perfectly normal child.
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david_nwpa5 months, 1 week ago
Fine, but as I read this article, I could not help but thinking that this is another in a long list of articles which excludes gay children for lack of knowing how to handle that discussion. Since the purpose of the article is to instill in parents that at some point they must open dialog, the article hits its target quite well. The suggestions are valid and well-done. My only advice is for parents who have a gay child, let those parents contact PFLAG for further understanding.
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gamahuche5 months, 1 week ago
Sorry - when I read stuff like this it simply makes me think that anyone who needs "advice" like this shouldn't have children.
And if you ARE writing for people with challenged intelligence it would be a good idea to avoid careless writing gaffes such as "when the first hair appears"..
Some people are BORN with hair.
Might as well write hare of you can't assign a difference between the head and the pubic region.
And it is March so that would at least make it topical.
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MedievalMagic5 months, 1 week ago
Actually yes I am writing to people with no clue about how to start the conversation. It does not make them poor parents; just ones who need some ideas on how to get over being uncomfortable and or embarrassed about talking about sex with their 12, 13 year old. Some people have a very hard time with this and need all the help they can get, and are looking for it. I think the poor parent would be the one who knows that they have no idea of what to say or do and does not try to find a way or help. They just expect the kid to learn from their teachers and friends. Not a good idea. As for hair, I think that most people got the idea. Now as much as I appreciated your taking the time to read the article I would have been much more receptive to feedback about my grammar and spelling (which I always appreciate people pointing out so I can fix) or even if I had missed an important area then a comment about people reading this have to be lacking in intelligence.
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Dicax_Maximus5 months, 1 week ago
Gama - A couple of things spring to mind here....
1. You have no knowledge of the general level of contact / respect / conversation / trust between "the average" teenager & their parents...
2. Picking on "first hair" is inane, as that's usually the first well known sign of puberty (and even those with the IQ of a tree know that !!!)
Adding your thoughts/insights would be more productive than attempting to "shoot down" an article with negatives.......
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gamahuche5 months, 1 week ago
You're right that I know next to nothing about the 'average' teenager.
The ones that I've known well were exceptional individuals and were not to be demeaned by being treated as "teenagers".
I simply do not assess and treat people in this manner, regardless of age
As to the "hair" it struck me as a very coy way to approach the manifold realities of incipient manhood.
I personally found any attempts by adults to inculcate knowledge about such matters condescending and learnt all that I wanted and needed to know from my peers.
The young people with whom I have interfaced were perfectly capable of dealing with reality and didn't require "special" handling.
Its true I never raised a son but I raised a daughter by myself, one of the most brilliant and impeccable people I have ever known.
A multi-lingual Oxford scholar who is also a yogini and an extraordinary bodyworker and much more.
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ADAGUY5 months, 1 week ago
I'm waiting for them to suggest that you buy an inflatable doll for your kid.....
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koranagirl5 months ago
what a goofy article. what was the comment about the "clingwrap" working as well as a condom? are they kidding?
condoms aren't enough to prevent pregnancy. ask any doctor gynecologist. condoms AND foam are highly recommended (98% effectiveness rate), or use condoms and the pill.
the article should have explained that. condoms break and can have tears. they can be mishandled and fall off. diaphragms are just as goofy. condoms and foam are okay, but the best is condoms and the pill, esp for non-monagamous relationships.
anyone notice the comment about "clingwrap" on penises. come on now. how juvenile.
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MedievalMagic5 months ago
The comment was about the fact that some kids think that clingwrap is as good as a condom; one of the myths that they need to know is not true. It is kind of sad that these types of myths still exist. I thought I made that it was one of the myths clear. I will go back and re-read to see if I need to change the wording. If you looked at the links on the article you would have found that most of them were resources to find out information about condoms and safe sex. As the idea behind the article was not to teach people about safe sex but to get them to start talking to their kids about sex I did not think I needed to tell people what protection their sons needed to use, just that they needed to talk about it. As you have a lot of useful information about safe sex perhaps you would be kind enough to write a blog about it. People are looking for that type of information in an easy to read format.
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