Promoting Teen Sex in Schools or Protecting Them?

As heard on television all over the world, condoms are being made available to teens in school. They are literally putting condoms out visably in the classrooms for teens to help themselves to.

There was a documentation on television with the parents and the distributors arguing the facts about what this is promoting to our young influenced teens. Parents were very upset that schools have turned to this kind of behavior. Quote one parent said " What gives the school the right to hand my child a condom during school"? "What is the world becoming when school is no longer a safe educational place for our children to be"?

I believe as well that this is wrong. Since when do teachers have a right to determine what is best for our children. The sad part about this whole thing is that when the distributors were asked why they are not getting permission from parents or letting parents know about this, they answered stating "It is a confidential act and the teens have a right to not tell their parents about this just the same as going to planned parent hood and not having to tell their parents, we are simply providing them protection so if they are going to do it they will be safe".

Unreal! There was hours of debate between parents and the distributors as to how they can do this and the parents have no say. There was even one parent whos teen went to that school and she was one of the parents who helped this happen for the teens. When questioned by other parents and news broadcasters she simply stated " I feel that teens are doing this regardless so why not protect them? My teen goes to this school as well and with what she tells me that goes on with the other kids in the school, it is a good thing that we are providing them with some kind of protection."

I feel this is rediculous and shouldn't be aloud in schools. Schools are supposed to be for educational purposes. I do feel that educated teens on sexual behavior and the consequences are a good thing once they reach a certain age but to place condoms in a class room for these teens is crossing the line.

This is promoting teens even more to have sex. It is already all over television as it is and they hear it daily from friends. They don't need it in school also. I feel that this is promoting a lot of gossip during school between all the kids and is sturring things up to happen faster than usual. This strikes curiosity for these teens. Not only that but it is taking their minds off education and on sex.

I feel parents should have more say in what goes on in school and around their children. Statistics show that 80% of teens that end up pregnant either have an abortion or live at home with thier parents. More than not, the parents are taking care of not only their teen but the baby as well. These teens don't go out and get jobs and a rent when they find out their pregnant. If they keep the baby, they usually end up dropping out of school and have their parents support them and their child.

I don't think it is fair to the parents nor the teens to have this kind of behavior in schools. Not only is this promoting them to have sex but its making thier already curious minds to the next level...having sex. I think sex education in school and talks at home with parents is more than enough. It is hard enough now to keep our teens from having sex at such young ages nevermind giving them a condom and making them think its ok to do this now.

I don't think enough parents have spoke out and taken action on this and until we all do, it will continue to go on right under our noses and our childrens too. I know I wouldn't want my teen coming home and saying he or she was having sex because they had protection and didn't have anything to worry about.

Though the school is making this available to teens, they are making it well known to the teens that condoms do not protect them against STD's and that some people, even while using a condom can still get pregnant and have. To me it is almost like day and night. You are telling them they shouldn't have sex at such a young age, and that you can still get STD's and get pregnant but here are condoms available to all of you who need them.

There is no way that a teens curious and influenced mind can take all this in and seperate it. They are so pressured to have sex in the first place that this makes it that much easier and makes more excuses for these teens to do it. It's like giving them a gateway. I feel that handing them a condom because we know they will have sex so we want them to protect themselves is almost like giving them marijuana because we know they will do it but we don't want them to hide it from us. It is all about influence. We are supposed to guide these teens and steer them in the right direction. They are so confused, curious, and pressured in so many ways and for so many different things that they need us to influence them the best we can in the right direction. Giving them condoms in school is basically telling them its ok to have sex as long as you use protection....it's definitely not telling them not to have sex.

We need to come together as role models and parents and make this right! We cannot allow schools to take over our morals and goals for our children. That is up to our children and us to decide. We can help our teens or we can sit back and not say anything and wait to see what choice our teens make in the end. We need to keep in mind what having a child at such a young age can do. Our teens have a whole life ahead of them and goals and dreams they have may not be reached if we allow this to happen. Once you have a child, your life isn't about you anymore, you don't come first, and your goals and dreams need to go on the back burner for a while. Our teens need to know this. They need to wait and follow out their goals in life first. This will never happen with condoms being available in our school. We need to not make it easy for our teens to have access to these things and make it harder for them to have sex at such young ages. Being a part of their life and activities can play a big part in this. This is something for all parents to really think hard about.