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No. I can honestly say that said issue hasn't been a thought in my mind. But now that I think about it, I'm not particulary moved by that as much as I am about educating teens and then allowing them to make their own decisions and facing their own subsequent consequences. I can hoop and holler about plenty other things used with tax payer money.
This is what is missing in today's world. People want to cushion everything we do.
I expect soon to see parents holding the hands of their 15-yr olds as they cross the street to protect them from harm.
At some point, you have to let them graduate from the Driver's Ed cars that have the brakes on the passenger side. This is the only way to make them into mature adults.
What IS prom about anyway? It seems like the stupidest tradition ever to me.
I don't see what is stupid about it. It's a celebration and a get-together, a time for the kids to dress up, dance and have fun. What's wrong with that?
Let the teens buy their own darn condoms! You grown enough to have sex be responsible enough to protect yourself. What next? provide cigars for blunt rolling?
I don't like it. Why? Because it almost "pressures" a teenage into sex. A male gets a condom, from the "bowl", takes it over to his prom date...."we are covered now.". She still has "choice"? Not really....if a couple has a relationship, hopefully this is already planned. If not...it is awkward.
I see why they have them. I understand the reason. I just don't like it much.
I completely disagree. A teen is NOT going to lose his or her virginity simply because they have a condom. Why would a teen feel pressured to do it? If a boy is going to pressure his date to do it, he would have done that anyway. And in that case, the issue is the boy, not the rubber.
This is what is missing in today's world. People want to cushion everything we do.
I expect soon to see parents holding the hands of their 15-yr olds as they cross the street to protect them from harm.
At some point, you have to let them graduate from the Driver's Ed cars that have the brakes on the passenger side. This is the only way to make them into mature adults.
I would liken providing a condom to providing driver's ed. Both are preparing the young for the real world. What they do with those tools is up to them.
I would liken providing a condom to providing driver's ed. Both are preparing the young for the real world. What they do with those tools is up to them.
I think it's more like teaching gun safety. I'm sure it's a valuable tool if your child plans to use guns. But, many peple would go ballistic if you said kids were going to be discharging firearms at the local schools. So we don't offer that out of respect to those parents.
I think it's more like teaching gun safety. I'm sure it's a valuable tool if your child plans to use guns. But, many peple would go ballistic if you said kids were going to be discharging firearms at the local schools. So we don't offer that out of respect to those parents.
A more apt analogy to discharging firearms at school would be having sex at schools. Neither is taking place.
Having condoms available (note, that is different than handing them out) is not the same as allowing kids to shoot guns.
Maybe the reason the schools hand out condoms is not because they believe kids can't afford them.
Maybe the schools feel the kids will be more willing to take them from school than go into a drugstore and ask for them.
Don't recall making that point
I did state that condoms don't cost much but don't recall stating that as rhyme and reason on behalf of the schools that provide them.
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