Originally Posted by Wren
She discussed the whole shortening the band of childhood, which shortened the band of other experiences which, in her opinion and research has led to the middle school sexual experience, mostly friends with benefits. I have yet to meet a parent who thinks it will be their kid who goes that way because of their actions. I do not know what I can do or can't do to prevent or divert her from this type of experiences, but she stressed about doing things that make them older than they are, like make-up.

I feel like such a loser mom reading that everybody else is trying to subtly discourage this early activity. �Knowing �how his both parents were, he's more likely to be choosy and monogamous than promiscuous, but I will bet that he finds a girlfriend as a teenager that's going to be compatible with for a while and I think I know what's going to happen. �I'll bet nature follows it's course without Hannah Montana spelling it out for them. �But that's just my kid's genetic legacy.
��I have just been talking to the hubby that this is one of my biggest fears that my boy gets a girlfriend pregnant too young and cuts off so much opportunity for his future. �I told him he it's funny we were just talking about how much this worries me the other day and now it's being discussed here (kind of), but I wasn't joining this conversation because I don't have a daughter. �But if #2 turns out to be a daughter I think I'd be twice as fervent with my message, "protect yourself at all times, like a boxer". �

The other part about being victimized is �a whole different story. �I don't know about that. �Karate lessons and teaching them to run away and tell. �When they're older reminding them that no means no.




Youth lives by personality, age lives by calculation. -- Aristotle on a calendar