The first thing I told my kids about sex, is to remember when you have sex with someone, you’ve had sex with everyone they have. So if you had sex with someone who had four partners, and they had four partners You actually had sex with more than you’re willing to admit to. Always wear protection, or insist on it. You don’t know what any of those partners may have had, and possibly passed on.
Or, y’know, get tested. That was something I always did with significant others before we stopped using barriers (I’m sterile, so pregnancy was never an issue). Anyone that’s not willing to get tested and share results–and I don’t mean verbally, “no, see, I’m totally clean, trust me bro”–isn’t someone you should be having sex with.
…But that’s probably a lot harder for kids to do. I don’t think that a 16yo can walk into a PP and get tested without parental supervision.
They can here at 13, and I’m in Florida, can’t imagine it’s that much worse anywhere else. I actually gave my kids flyers from the clinic at that age so they could give them to any of their friends who were active.
The first thing I told my kids about sex, is to remember when you have sex with someone, you’ve had sex with everyone they have. So if you had sex with someone who had four partners, and they had four partners You actually had sex with more than you’re willing to admit to. Always wear protection, or insist on it. You don’t know what any of those partners may have had, and possibly passed on.
Or, y’know, get tested. That was something I always did with significant others before we stopped using barriers (I’m sterile, so pregnancy was never an issue). Anyone that’s not willing to get tested and share results–and I don’t mean verbally, “no, see, I’m totally clean, trust me bro”–isn’t someone you should be having sex with.
…But that’s probably a lot harder for kids to do. I don’t think that a 16yo can walk into a PP and get tested without parental supervision.
They can here at 13, and I’m in Florida, can’t imagine it’s that much worse anywhere else. I actually gave my kids flyers from the clinic at that age so they could give them to any of their friends who were active.