Quote Originally Posted by jimnyc View Post
Imagine finding out your 13-16yr old girl has been sleeping around, partly because she knows she can pop a pill and avoid "consequences". If a 13-16yr old girl is not old enough to form a contract, not old enough to drive, not old enough to drink... She sure isn't old enough to deal with whether or not to end a life. This is where parents come in and help their children. No one should be helping kids with birth control issues other than their parents.
Did you talk sex with your parents when you were 13 years old? Mom..dad, can i have some condoms? I sure as hell was not going to discuss sex with my mother, let alone tell her i was taking the pill. I asked her one day why didn't she ever talk sex with me when i was a teen.... her answer was that she thought they taught us about it in school.

If parents have no inkling of what their children are up to, what makes you think they will fess up when something bad happens if they can deal with the problem themselves?