The San Francisco Unified School Board is proposing to give middle school students access to free condoms. Not only that, state law would allow these middle schoolers to get condoms without their parent’s permission. Many parents are opposed to this and I am one of them.
Middle schoolers range from age 11 to 14 and the school district not only wants to provide these children with condoms, they want to do it without their parents’ consent. Are you friggin’ kidding me? I got my first bra when I was 11, my first period when I was 12, went to my first boy-girl party when I was 13, and had my first kiss when I was 14. At that age, I didn’t even know that sites like Tubev existed. Having sex at that age was the last thing on my mind! Was I just naive? I don’t think so. Why does it seem like kids are in such a hurry to grow up nowadays? Is social media to blame? Someone please enlighten me here, because I just don’t get it.
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and I respect that. I know there will be people that disagree with me about this, but I don’t agree with this proposal at all. I don’t feel schools should be providing condoms to children still going through puberty, especially without their parents’ consent. Of course talking about sex with our children is uncomfortable, but that’s just a part of being a friggin’ parent! Parents have been having these awkward talks with their children for years and years, so please, just leave it up to us parent to discuss contraceptives and having safe sex. They can even use resources like Lovegasm to help them with it if needs be. I had a friend in high school who’s mom willingly bought her birth control pills. She taught her teenage daughter about safe sex and of course she told her she’d rather her wait until she was older and more mature to have sex, but she made sure her daughter was safe and protected (from pregnancy at least).
According to district officials, a recent survey shows that 5% of middle schoolers are sexually active and only 50% of those children are using condoms. Although I feel these children are much too young to be having sex, at least that 50% is being responsible about it by using a condom to prevent getting/transmitting STDs and getting pregnant. Regardless of age, getting tested is important if someone is sexually active. But again, these are middle school children we are talking about here! They shouldn’t be worried about STDs and pregnancy! They should be out playing with their friends and just enjoying being a kid! Being a grown-up sucks, man! Twenty-One Pilots isn’t joking when he says, “Wish we could turn back time to the good old days when our momma sang us to sleep, but now we’re stressed out.”
The bottom line is this: There is no age requirement for buying condoms. If these children feel like they are ready to handle a very mature and intimate act and deal with the aftermath of sex emotionally, psychologically, physically, and socially, then they are mature enough to go to a store and buy condoms themselves. It isn’t like going out and hiring an escort frankfurt has about, or anywhere else does) but it could still be awkward. Still, when it comes to getting condoms, good luck with getting your parents to drive you there, kiddo, since you are not old enough to drive and good luck with getting the money to pay for them too since you are not old enough to have a job!
What do you think about the proposal?