p.s. to (JD) the levels of hormones given to cattle is regulated in the U.S., but in other countries such as South America, small children, even 4 and 5 years old, are growing breasts. this is very alarming.
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things are so very different now. i was encouraged tho, to see in my computer's Control Panel that Parental Controls can be set on a computer. so the children and young teens who are getting to porn sites, IMHO, are NOT being monitored at home. and it's as simple as checking search history too.

i wasn't allowed to date until i was 16 and i was so afraid i would be "16 and never been kissed". in college a dorm friend and i formed a "virginity club" and vowed to stay that way until marriage. this was in college!

i remember battling endlessly on dates with men that expected more than just a "make-out session". remember when you only went to "first base"? i held out relentlessly until my sophomore year, and i was sadly raped the first time i ever had sex. i don't want to talk about what that did to me. what if i had been 15, or 14?

i read a book years ago by Margaret Mead about growing up in Samoa i think it was. "children" married at 13 and it was just the way it was. but they were prepared for it by their parents.

but in most cultures, it doesn't fit well with me to know that children so young who don't even understand what it is to have a relationship are engaging in acts that, personally, demean love for the sake of bodily urges. i just don't believe that parents are teaching their children about respect for themselves and their bodies, about love, about sex itself.

we've moved away from the real meaning of having sex and it's just used for entertainment and experimental purposes now.

but yes, if they are going to do it, they need protection so children won't be having children.

one more thing and i'm done. i've heard that there are teenagers who are church members who are making pacts to not have sex until marriage and the churches are encouraging them. i think that's a highly responsible approach and at least they are getting the correct guidance somewhere.

ok, i'm done. just IMHO. thanks for listening.