Today we discussed a very controversial subject-- should children ages 11-13 be provided with birth control, and should the school be the one dispensing it? Children should NOT be provided with free birth control pills and condoms. Although it does promote safe sex, it promotes sex itself as well. Children may think, 'Well if the school is giving it to me then it must be ok to have sex'. Not only does it promote sex, but it is very risky to give kids at such a young age something so very adult. An 11 year old girl is NOT going to remember to take birth control pills every day. She may also believe that it does not have to be taken every day. 11 year old boys are not going to know how to use a condom properly. Both sexes at that age will also have little worry of sexually transmitted diseases. They may be warned, but it's compatible to warning a child too much candy will rot their teeth. Just because an adult warned them, it doesn't mean they will listen. The school providing free birth control, combined with the pressure from their peers and at that age, the growing defiance towards adults that comes with puberty, will have an unfortunate end result.
There SHOULD be someone at the school who will be there when kids have questions about sex, but to provide them with information about how they shouldn't do it, or should do it very very carefully, is different than providing them with information about how they shouldn't be doing it, but then giving them the means to do it anyway.
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If these young children are going to a school where majority of 11-13 yr. old are having babies, then maybe the clinic should be considered. But by all means, I totally do not agree having these young kids take birth controls because I too, believe it promotes sexual activity.At that age, I didnt even know what birth control was because no one was having or talking about intercourse.
I do agree that children should be given birth control, but i dont think that parents should be in the dark about it. When a child seeks birth control, it means that they are mature enough to do something with very severe circumstances. So if they are fine with the possible consequences of having sex why cant they tell someone who is legally responsible for them about their decision. The parents need to be informed.
what happend to the good old days of sex is bad. in my town, we learned about sex stuff in like what 8th grade? now i see little kids and observe their actions and they are doing things far to mature for their age. the adults in the room ask if we think they know what they are talking about and i always say, they know exactly what they are talking about. instead of making it easy for these kids to get birth controll, how about we teach them what having sex is for... its for making babies not having a good time.
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