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"Ignorance Is Bliss”: An Opinionated Mom’s Perspective on TEEN SEX

Of course we don’t want our teenagers to “do it,” but when puberty hits, it’s on. The train is on the track. Hormones start raging and there is no stopping them. Crush number one begins with a shy smile on the way to their locker. Crush two hits with a whiff of the quarterback’s sweat after a football game. The giggles. The flutters. Our girls can’t stop thinking about the boys…and our boys can’t wait to feel up those girls. We can pretend it isn’t happening and ignore it, or we can confront it head on. Because once the...

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    I totally agree. My son is now 27, but he knew how babies were made by the time he was six. And we taught him about the importance of condoms by the time he was 12. Yes, that seems early, but kids grow up faster than we think. And if he — or his twin cousins — ever had a question, they knew they could count on us to answer them honestly. Once, he asked a question I wasn't sure how to answer,...
    (from THE BIRDS AND THE BEES: Having The Sex Talk)
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Miss Michigan won the Miss USA pageant, becoming the first Arab American to do so. It has now come out that Rima Fakih pole danced on Detroit radio’s Mojo in the morning show back in 2007. The radio show has posted photos of Fakih dancing, on their website. During the pole dancing contest, she is wearing shorts and t-shirt and did not remove her clothing. Fakih did win “jewelry, gift cards,...

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The Pill is celebrating its 50th anniversary.  According to Dr. Ruth, "we are all across the world very fortunate that the pill came on the market...how wonderful that a woman doesn't have to worry all the time." For the last 100 years, we've been gradually separating sex from reproduction.  Since it’s arrival, the contraceptive pill has given women the control and flexibility to plan their...

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Twenty years worth of Boy Scout files containing 1,100 reports on troop leaders suspected of molesting have come to light. The confidential “Perversion Files” have been released as evidence in a $14 million law suit. A now 37 year old man is charging his scoutmaster with abuse. The scoutmaster charged in the case has already been convicted three times of sexually abusing boys. The Boy...

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Switzerland is manufacturing extra small condoms to be used by adolescent boys, reports the Daily Telegraph. Swiss family planning agencies found that young boys are engaging in risky sexual behavior and, therefore, are at risk for disease.

MOMism:  "The birds and the bees DO IT."  But, I'm pretty sure they wait until their married...or at least dating seriously for a few years, right?! WRONG....

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