Teenagers And Sex?
Posted 10-02-2013 at 07:59 AM by Pinkmani
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Originally Posted by Hedgehog_Mom
What I told my younger sisters, and what I've told my daughter, is that you're old enough to have sex when you're mature enough to go to the doctor, have a pelvic exam, get birth control, and also mature enough to raise a baby if the birth control doesn't work, or to consider other options.
I'll be honest, I'm more concerned with it from a physical standpoint than a moral one, I would rather not raise someone else's baby because they decided to have sex when they weren't mature enough. I also worry about them getting a disease. The moral issue is a different issue, I'm not going to be my child's conscience.
I'll be honest, I'm more concerned with it from a physical standpoint than a moral one, I would rather not raise someone else's baby because they decided to have sex when they weren't mature enough. I also worry about them getting a disease. The moral issue is a different issue, I'm not going to be my child's conscience.
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Actually it is by God's design that humans have sex in the teenage years. This is the period of life when we are, or should be the healthiest. Man was only meant to live for about 30 years. That's long enough for us to become old enough to bear young, and live long enough afterwards to raise them until they are old enough to bear young. (Wrap your head around that)
This is why puberty happens in the teen years. All the hormones that activate the sexual drive are in full swing at this phase of life for that reason. Our reproductive system is there for only one reason, and that's to preserve the species. The fact that teen sex is frowned upon is a societal issue. We, yes we have determined that it is bad to have sex in the teenaged years when it was actually meant to be that way. (I was once told that it's a bad to put a question mark where God has placed a period.)
Life expectancy for humans was 49 years as recent as the year, 1950. Then came the advent of Penicillin which extended the human life expectancy significantly. Along with that antibiotic, many others as well as all the other medical technologies, the human life span is now beyond 75 years. So with a life span as such, it's understandable to see how society would come to believe that teens shouldn't have children.
The reality is, that a child at age ten (most not all) is very capable of fending for him or herself, but society, over the years developed morals, a value system and implemented laws which prevent them from doing so. So again, we have made it such that a teenager is not considered old enough to care for their young when in fact, they are more than adept. We need to get out of our own way to allow life to happen as it was intended. Therefore my questions is; Is teen pregnancy a problem or does society have a problem with God's intent?Posted 10-16-2013 at 10:05 PM by night hawk
Updated 10-16-2013 at 10:13 PM by night hawk (to add content/meaning)
