Very good post. I am not a mother myself yet but I hope to be in the future. I am only 20 years old so seeing as how i was a teenager just a year ago I thought I would give my insights on the subject.
I went on birth control when I was 15 years old, not because I wanted to have sex but because of my acne. It helped clear up my face alot. Just one year later I was ready for sex, I had my first serious boyfriend and yes being on the pill already made it easier for us to have sex but we didnt rush into it, we dated for a decent amount of time before having sex. My mother was extremely supportive, and this helped me alot. Knowing that I could go to her and talk to her about this subject was just so nice. Yes I had sex at 16, some might say thats young but these days that normal. I have met girls that lost their virginity at 13 and 14, which I find totally rediculous. That is absolutely way to young but it does happen. I think that all a mother can do is realize that it is going to happen. Preaching abstinence will not work. They will do it anyways in unsafe ways. Talk to your daughters at a young age, I am thinking 13 or so and let them know how important it is to be safe. Around age 15 is when I would say is good for birth control because it worked for me. I always used condoms and my mother made sure to get the gaurdacil shot on top of that. Because of everthing my mother has done for me I have always been very safe and coutious about sex.
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Very good post. I am not a mother myself yet but I hope to be in the future. I am only 20 years old so seeing as how i was a teenager just a year ago I thought I would give my insights on the subject.
I went on birth control when I was 15 years old, not because I wanted to have sex but because of my acne. It helped clear up my face alot. Just one year later I was ready for sex, I had my first serious boyfriend and yes being on the pill already made it easier for us to have sex but we didnt rush into it, we dated for a decent amount of time before having sex. My mother was extremely supportive, and this helped me alot. Knowing that I could go to her and talk to her about this subject was just so nice. Yes I had sex at 16, some might say thats young but these days that normal. I have met girls that lost their virginity at 13 and 14, which I find totally rediculous. That is absolutely way to young but it does happen. I think that all a mother can do is realize that it is going to happen. Preaching abstinence will not work. They will do it anyways in unsafe ways. Talk to your daughters at a young age, I am thinking 13 or so and let them know how important it is to be safe. Around age 15 is when I would say is good for birth control because it worked for me. I always used condoms and my mother made sure to get the gaurdacil shot on top of that. Because of everthing my mother has done for me I have always been very safe and coutious about sex.
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