Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on July 02, 2004 12:35 AM
"And you, of course, obviously have professional training at raising a child.
Tell me, what part of knowing what oral sex is makes a child become a "sick and sexually mixed up" person? I know what oral sex is. My mom told me when I was twelve. Why? I don't remember exactly, now, but it came up from something in a TV show.
I'm sorry, but the granparent of this thread is correct - blindly blocking children and telling them "You can't do this because you aren't old enough" is JUST PLAIN STUPID. This is what we try to do with drugs and alcohol. Is it working? If you try to say yes, you have to be screwing with me, because the rates of drug use in countries that have legalized it are the same. So, telling them "no" doesn't do anything. On the other hand, telling children the truth about things provides a good basis for their continued education about life.
Why does everyone think that children should be spared the details of life, and then act surprised when they turn 18 and can't handle anything? "
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on July 02, 2004 12:35 AMTell me, what part of knowing what oral sex is makes a child become a "sick and sexually mixed up" person? I know what oral sex is. My mom told me when I was twelve. Why? I don't remember exactly, now, but it came up from something in a TV show.
I'm sorry, but the granparent of this thread is correct - blindly blocking children and telling them "You can't do this because you aren't old enough" is JUST PLAIN STUPID. This is what we try to do with drugs and alcohol. Is it working? If you try to say yes, you have to be screwing with me, because the rates of drug use in countries that have legalized it are the same. So, telling them "no" doesn't do anything. On the other hand, telling children the truth about things provides a good basis for their continued education about life.
Why does everyone think that children should be spared the details of life, and then act surprised when they turn 18 and can't handle anything? "
I could not agree with this post more.
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