(September 2, 2009 at 4:41 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: I voted 'for' as a Christian, before reading any opinions here. Mostly because I just discussed it briefly with my wife (as she's far more knowledgeable on the subject than I am), and she thought that if a parent is legally responsible for a child then they should know what the child is doing. That and that a child could think they were free to choose unsafe sex outside parental blessing. Parents have a responsibility, it's a natural and good thing.
Right. They are the parent and they should act as a parent. People can't expect the law to raise their children for them. Some girls get pregnant and their parents are completely against abortion or even sex before marriage. It can happen to anyone and I always say that it's just not sensible to even suggest that "my kid won't do that" because they will. When it comes to sex, drugs, and alcohol chances are your kid will do it. Parents really need to have strong relationships with their kids so that their kids can talk to them about sex and other issues. Some kids would never tell their parents they were even thinking of sex for fear that their parents would get mad or yell at them. Those types of situations at home get kids into trouble by setting them up for failure.
My mom took me to get birth control when I got my first serious boyfriend. We had people who would come from the free health clinics and give out condoms at school. Not all of my friends had parents that would let them get contraception. I never understood that.
