Condoms For Children

[SamF]

Originally Posted by Ianto.W.

In my time in the armed forces STDs were only contacted by, the 'commanding officer and the padre' they were allowed to catch it off a toilet seat or a towel, this was the sum total of the sex education in the armed forces.
Today sex education is the norm, but is it having any effect on the youth of today?, who quite rightly have their own views on the subject, and rightly so. There is no 'quick' fix to this problem, whilst society gives all and sundry various benefits,: large grants, access to the social services, top of the list for housing, the incentives to go astray are to large a temptation, and who can blame them!

To be honest, I cannot see any 13 year old thinking of having a child to save getting a job, which it seems you are suggesting - I apologise if I have misinterpreted the meaning of your words.

[Lilly]

Originally Posted by SamF

To be honest, I cannot see any 13 year old thinking of having a child to save getting a job, which it seems you are suggesting - I apologise if I have misinterpreted the meaning of your words.

Some do.The incentives are,as Ianto said,can originally seem very tempting especially if the girl in question is not very academic and has poor job prospects.If she's only going to be able to get menial work then when you weigh up all the paid rent and council tax,free dental work,free prescriptions,maternity grants that she would get then she may start to think she'd be better off not bothering to get a job and get pregnant and staying at home.Of course,we know that getting pregnant and staying at home is far from easy,often going out to work is the easier option!But some girls of 13/14 have a very rosy view of what life with a baby would be like and then have a very rude awakening when they go down that path and end up regretting losing their freedom at such a young age.

[garinda]

Originally Posted by SamF

To be honest, I cannot see any 13 year old thinking of having a child to save getting a job, which it seems you are suggesting - I apologise if I have misinterpreted the meaning of your words.

To be honest I can't believe you've never come across any. There's a whole strata of society who chose to breed as a viable career option.

[Eric]

Originally Posted by garinda

To be honest I can't believe you've never come across any. There's a whole strata of society who chose to breed as a viable career option.

That sucks ... there should be equality, perhaps in the form of stud payments.

[garinda]

Originally Posted by Eric

That sucks ... there should be equality, perhaps in the form of stud payments.

Gelding springs more to mind.

[LancYorkYankee]

I don't understand. If you have a child you don't have to work? We have welfare for the very poor or disabled (MUCH stigma still attached and harder to come by). If your physically able, you are pretty much required to work. At least as I understand it.

Just curious how these kids could afford to have babies? Many times if young kids have babies over here, the parents (or I guess grandparents)will help with childcare and such.

Brian

[WillowTheWhisp]

Single Mums here get all kinds of benefits Brian. It's the married ones who usually end up going to work and leaving the baby with Granny.

[garinda]

The OECD found that, of all the world's major economies, Britain has the worst benefits trap for women. A single mother moving back into work would have to forfeit 101.3 per cent of the extra cash she earned because of the extra tax, childcare costs, and relinquished benefits payouts.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...14/nmums14.xml

[WillowTheWhisp]

I find this paragraph the most disturbing in that article:

The OECD warned that the high number of people on incapacity benefit in the UK was still a concern – particularly among men in their prime working years.

Do we really have so many disabled men in their prime or is there something sadly wrong with the system?

[XxEmziexX]

i myself am a 13 year old and i think that 13 is too young to be having sex so they should not need condoms because they should only be learning about it not actually doing it i also have never even thought about having sex let alone done it

[jackyalex]

Originally Posted by XxEmziexX

i myself am a 13 year old and i think that 13 is too young to be having sex so they should not need condoms because they should only be learning about it not actually doing it i also have never even thought about having sex let alone done it

well said,but should you not be in school

[panther]

Originally Posted by XxEmziexX

i myself am a 13 year old and i think that 13 is too young to be having sex so they should not need condoms because they should only be learning about it not actually doing it i also have never even thought about having sex let alone done it

a girl with a good head on her shoulders
you sound like my daughter

[Tealeaf]

If condoms are being given out to kids, then are they doing as they are in Germany, and giving them out in Children's sizes?

[XxEmziexX]

Originally Posted by jackyalex

well said,but should you not be in school

No, I go to Moorhead and we broke up yesterday.

[panther]

Originally Posted by Tealeaf

If condoms are being given out to kids, then are they doing as they are in Germany, and giving them out in Children's sizes?

good point!