Advice for sons on sex,dating

Nom
Sun, 20 Mar 2005 20:27:38 +0000

Alumother:

My S is only 14, and short (albeit very handsome to my eyes), so we aren’t in this world yet.

I don’t mean to judge your parenting, but I think you would be very surprised if you were omniscient (if not by his behavior, then by his peers’). 14 is a perfectly ripe age to start these discussions at. The fact that kids mature at different rates doesn’t make the topic any less pertinent. Your son will be forced to confront these issues with his earlier blooming classmates.



Alumother:

Do boys get their feelings hurt in teen dating?

You betcha!



Alumother:

What other things than pregnancy and disease should I warn my S of



Sex does not equate to love. Engaging in the act does not add any more to a relationship than was there to begin with. There is no “scoring” in sex; the partners ought to be on the same team. Don’t fool yourself.

Let me end with a quote from yulsie:

yulsie:

[sex] often accompanies, but is definitely not identical to love