It is true that the pill does not prevent disease, but condoms can break. Wouldn't you want your daughter to have a backup plan? There are excellent sex ed programs in schools, which educate teens on stds/stis, childbirth, condoms, NOT using the pulling out method, etc. And just because a teenager's brain is not fully developed, does not make them completely incompetent. Many of them can perform the simple task of remembering to take a pill everyday and to use a condom. I cannot believe you are even suggesting getting pregnant is better than ending up with an std. Some stds are curable, and easy to detect with regular doctor's visits. My opinion is to let your daughter know she can come to you to be put on the pill, AND provide her with condoms. Teenagers know about diseases, and do not want them as much as anyone else. The smarter ones WILL use condoms too.
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It is true that the pill does not prevent disease, but condoms can break. Wouldn't you want your daughter to have a backup plan? There are excellent sex ed programs in schools, which educate teens on stds/stis, childbirth, condoms, NOT using the pulling out method, etc. And just because a teenager's brain is not fully developed, does not make them completely incompetent. Many of them can perform the simple task of remembering to take a pill everyday and to use a condom. I cannot believe you are even suggesting getting pregnant is better than ending up with an std. Some stds are curable, and easy to detect with regular doctor's visits. My opinion is to let your daughter know she can come to you to be put on the pill, AND provide her with condoms. Teenagers know about diseases, and do not want them as much as anyone else. The smarter ones WILL use condoms too.
November 15, 2009 - 11:53pmThis Comment
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