No, it was not my intention to debate either. For the purposes of this thread, I think of teens as being 17 and younger. I was married and had a baby at 18, my husband and I fully supported all of our children (he was 19).

I understand that some parents give their children an unhealthy attitude toward sex and that is really sad. As I said, I am very open with my children and I started from the time when they were small (everything age appropriate of course) so that they would be more comfortable with the topic. I also made sure that they knew that there were other people they could talk to, my husband has a brother and sister much younger than us and I made sure my daughter knew she could talk to her Aunt and my sons could talk to their uncle if they were uncomfortable talking to us.

I live in a state that takes underaged sex very seriously, the age of consent here is 18. They seem to believe (and I do not agree) that this will somehow cut down on teen pregnancies and unwed mothers on welfare. This does add a very serious consequence that cannot be taken lightly.