Re: Teenagers getting Started Early

milkbone · ‎10-22-2015

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Teen birth rate down, abortion also down. That means less pregnancies.

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The morning-after pill is a type of emergency birth control (contraception). The purpose of emergency contraception is to prevent pregnancy after a woman has had unprotected sex or after her birth control method has failed.

HOW are these (morning-after pill) reflected in the numbers given??

How easy is it to get these?

School nurse?

Wallys World?

WE have NO idea what "people" are doing today :-(

"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." MLK

sidsmom · ‎11-25-2011

@YorkieonmyPillow wrote:
I wouldn't have told my mother such a thing, either, but she was a prude. I remember when I was little, there was a show on TV and they mentioned "ovaries."
I asked her what that was and she said, "I'll tell you later."
Needless to say, she never did!

I don't think she knew enough about sex to tell anybody anything, but then she always acted like it was nasty.

If nothing was discussed, I believe Psychology 101 could call this "projection". One's feelings & beliefs projected upon an innocent (i.e. Mom).

Noel7 · ‎03-09-2010

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Teen birth rate down, abortion also down. That means less pregnancies.

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The morning-after pill is a type of emergency birth control (contraception). The purpose of emergency contraception is to prevent pregnancy after a woman has had unprotected sex or after her birth control method has failed.

HOW are these (morning-after pill) reflected in the numbers given??

How easy is it to get these?
School nurse?
Wallys World?

WE have NO idea what "people" are doing today :-(

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Yes, we do have an idea what people are doing today. Birth certificates, death certificates, legal abortion records, etc. All recorded for decades and decades.

How would we know how the morning after pill is reflected? If used it would reflect the lack of pregnancy. No one here, that I saw post, made any claims about the morning after pill as a factor one way or another.

YorkieonmyPillow · ‎01-13-2013

@sidsmom wrote:
@YorkieonmyPillow wrote:
I wouldn't have told my mother such a thing, either, but she was a prude. I remember when I was little, there was a show on TV and they mentioned "ovaries."
I asked her what that was and she said, "I'll tell you later."
Needless to say, she never did!

I don't think she knew enough about sex to tell anybody anything, but then she always acted like it was nasty.

If nothing was discussed, I believe Psychology 101 could call this "projection". One's feelings & beliefs projected upon an innocent (i.e. Mom).

But I don't think sex is nasty, my mother does. She made that clear is many different ways, not just this particular conversation, or lack thereof.

If someone acts like something is distasteful, then there won't be much info exchanged, as per your "Ewww!" comment.....

All parental relationships are not like yours.

Sunnyfield · ‎04-20-2010

Interesting topic - one I have some personal experience with...my stepson and his GF had a baby when they were 16 and 17 respectively (my DH and wife were divorced and she had primary custody) - they are now in their 30's and still together with a smart, talented, respectful son....when we have spoken with them about what happened so many years ago, they both say they had way too much freedom (spending the night together, etc.) and they have absolutely "pounded it into their son's head how hard it has been..." They love their son dearly, but would NEVER want him to have to go thru what they did...

As I told my husband, kids will find a way to do something if they want to....but you shouldn't make it easy for them...I was never above snooping if I thought something was "off"....

Annabellethecat66 · ‎03-12-2010

I've already bla blaed here. But I forgot to add that I think woman aren't taught to respect their body. They don't respect themselves.

I decided before I had children that I'd rather have a child who thought highly of themselves than one who walked slumped over and apologized for everything to everyone.

One will take care of the other. A happy person knows where they are in life and where they want to go. Here's something I'd say that I heard growing up:

Enjoy life now with the way things are and the way you are, but look forward to tomorrow when they will be even better. That runs true with self-respect too.

I used to tell my daughters. You could have sex with someone sneeking around and worrying about getting pregnant, or you can wait until the time is right and you are comfortable and you can lay together and talk. (In other words don't be a silly teen, hiding and sneeking, wait until you can be together afterwards and be comfortable). If you don't have a connection with the person it's sex but if you have a connection and you feel in love or heading that way you are 'making love'. Quite a bit different.

CatsyCline · ‎07-24-2013

i think in most states a teen girl over 16 can get the Plan B or morning after pill by asking at a Pharmacy

using birth control pills as "morning after" has been done for years using just BC pills taken at one time. it depended on the strength of the BC pills and the number to take at one time .

its just the Plan B pills simplified things.

YorkieonmyPillow · ‎01-13-2013

@Annabellethecat66 Sounds like you had a great relationship with your daughters! I guess that's hard for some people to understand unless they experience it themselves.

Noel7 · ‎03-09-2010

@YorkieonmyPillow wrote:
@Annabellethecat66 Sounds like you had a great relationship with your daughters! I guess that's hard for some people to understand unless they experience it themselves.

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Why try to get in an insult at others? Your claim is without foundation and not everyone has daughters.

That said, any anthropologist would tell you that having relations is hardwired into a species for survival of the group.

Most people have sex because it is enjoyable and because some are young enough to have raging hormones.

And, I am willing to bet, most don't run and tell their mothers, and if they do, it certainly would not be an indicator of their maternal relationdhip.

milkbone · ‎10-22-2015

Many years ago I read the church sunday school class NOTICES.

One class...was called -------------------"The Silent Scream"

I THINK WE KNOW WHAT THIS IS ABOUT :-(

I attended the class for 8 weeks. Until then, I was naive about abortion.

I asked my church, one of the Deacons why this was NOT spoken from the pulpet.

He looked me in the eye, and told me the TRUTH

"its bad for business", he said.

His point, people would not attend the church if this was spoken.

It was a lesson, He told me the truth.

I thought to myself, What ELSE am I not being told :-(

I look around, an entire generation of young BOYS, the only TRUTH they know is RITALIN :-(

Ritalin is the common name for methylphenidate, classified by the Drug Enforcement Administration as a Schedule II narcotic—the same classification as cocaine, morphine and amphetamines.1 It is abused by teens for its stimulant effects.

Even when Ritalin is used as a prescription drug, it may have severe effects including nervousness, insomnia, anorexia, loss of appetite, pulse changes, heart problems and weight loss. The manufacturer says it is a drug of dependency.

In June 2005, the US Food and Drug Administration issued a series of public health advisories warning that Ritalin and drugs like it may cause visual hallucinations, suicidal thoughts and psychotic behavior, as well as aggression or violent behavior.

One writer put it this way: “Parents are never told: ‘Oh, by the way, once in a while a child dies simply by taking their prescribed medication.’

Or ‘By the way, children on stimulant medications have twice the future rate of drug abuse.’ Or ‘By the way, one third of all children on these medications develop symptoms of obsessive-compulsive behavior within the first year.’”

http://www.drugfreeworld.org/drugfacts/ritalin.html

"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." MLK