By: fieara

So true! I like the non-hysterical, non-media blaming tone of your post. Kids should be curious; it’s healthy, and if they’re not curious that’s more likely a sign of something wrong than “innocence”. While you seem to be upholding the dominant position that kids have no right to start families, or should not, while older teens and adults have that right, it is true that most teen pregnancies (especially of teens younger than 18/19) are accidental. And it is the parent’s job. I learned everything at age 6 when my mum read me a book aimed at kids, do babies come from?’. Abstinence is never the answer, and yeah I like what you wrote about adults failing or not choosing abstinence, so how on earth can we expect children to succeed! And staying celibate until age 40 – or for your whole life, as you may never marry – is pretty unrealistic and it may not be healthy for the mind or emotions.