Comments on: Condoms For Kids – How Young Is Too Young?

By: e-stim

e-stim — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 10:03:51 +0000

Well….I don't think it is good idea. I read entire article but still in confuse with child condoms. If you think about the size of pennis then you realize it's don't have perfect length. so you are not able to make condom with perfect size like we measure 6 inch for us.

By: blahblahblah8

blahblahblah8 — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:32:51 +0000

I don't feel that that's too young. We NEED to have condoms in child sizes in this day and age. Kids are curious and it WILL happen. So atleast then it's protected. I personally lost my virginity in 6th grade. I was 11. My boyfriend was actually in 5th grade but was also 11. BARELY. We were reeaallllyy young. I had been curious ever since we took sex ed in 5th grade. And he got curious when he learned it. SO we tried it. It happens. I'm now 17 and regret it but I didn't realize what sex was supposed to be back then. I just thought its something you do for fun and that there could be consequences. The FIRST thing they taught us was about STDs. They taught us the dangers of sex but never really told us what sex was or when you should do it. They still somehow made it sound fun though. Like they told us about this superfun thing to do and then told us that we shouldn't do it or we'll get an STD. So we were like "Okkayyy? Well neither of us have had sex so no STDs so no problem. I guess we can do it then!" A couple of girls at my school got pregnant when I was in 7th grade also. So they were 12 or 13. So yeaa. I think its NECESSARY!

By: Shy

Shy — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:00:59 +0000

I was 13 when I lost my virginity and the male was 18. He has just graduated high school and I was about to go into the 8th grade. I made sure that we used a condom (it was a red-colored condom) because I was worried that bleeding would be really obvious and gross, although it ended up not being that bad. We stopped using them after the first time, because we both thought I was too young to get pregnant. A month later, I was pregnant…and miscarried soon after we found out. Fast-forward by 6 years…we married one another.

By: Jane

Jane — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:22:21 +0000

For the first time since I read anything on here, I totally disagree with you. Dan and I just recorded a podcast on this topic to be posted later this week and we almost came to blows….well, we would have if we didn't live 2000 miles apart.

By: c_p

c_p — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 23:42:09 +0000

disagree with who? about what?

can you be a little more vague?

By: Emma

Emma — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:57:39 +0000

I was an older teen, and have managed to have everything work out pretty well. I married my childs father and have been fortunate that he earns enough money to support us while I’ve been the stay at home mum. The reason I think that we are so quick to react is that in my experience no matter how good of a job you are doing there are always people who will judge you based on nothing else but the date on your birth certificate. For me it’s a group of mid-forties divorcee mums in the playground at my sons school. It’s hard to step away from being on the defensive…

By: Emma

Emma — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:37:28 +0000

I was a teen mum, thanks for speaking up for us. I’d decided not to write a full comment myself because I might get passionate and rant about something that really wasn’t the focus of the post… So um… Thanks

By: toywithme

toywithme — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:16:23 +0000

Hands on parenting and proper education will hopefully encourage them to hold off until they are emotionally (not just physically) ready.

By: toywithme

toywithme — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:10:55 +0000

Ba hahaha – boys will say just about anything to get laid.

By: SkyddsDrake

SkyddsDrake — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 20:30:48 +0000

I was 23 when I lost my virginity. I knew quite a few of the ins and outs of sex by the age of 10 because, well, my mother didn't have a filter when it came to talking to me about sex. It pressed me to learn on my own, and I did. I knew the risks, and I chose not to take them.

That being said, I had many friends having sex at very early ages, including one girl who was having sex in the sixth grade. Why? She had the body of a 15/16 year old and her parents were too drunk to give a flying fig what she was doing. I had friends who had abortions pre-high school. I had friends who had STDs they were dealing with. What was the trend I noticed with most of them? Absent parents/guardians/caring adults. People need to stop blaming the media and society in general and taking an active bloody role in doing something themselves.

As for condoms made for teens? Good. I've worked with teens for years now. Handing out condoms has been part of that gig the whole time. I've had 12 year olds ask for them. I've always been concerned about whether or not they would work for them, because (as someone else pointed out) having an improperly fitted condom is about as worthless as not using one at all. Why are we teaching kids about having sex early on? Because they'll bloody well work it out on their own anyway. Best if they have information to work with, and if the right information is given maybe they'll hold off for awhile. *Shrugs*