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<blockquote data-quote="meowbunny" data-source="post: 123270" data-attributes="member: 3626"><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/Graemlins/9-07bravo.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":bravo:" title="bravo :bravo:" data-shortname=":bravo:" /></p><p> </p><p>I know that you believe living with someone and have pre-marital sex is wrong but it is part of life today. Statistically, a 17 YO virgin is not as common as a 17 YO girl who has had sex -- usually with her boy friend. We don't have to like it, condone it or approve it but we do have to accept that it is what it is and there's not a dang thing we can do about it.</p><p> </p><p>It sounds like your daughter is still close to you. So, talk to her about birth control and protection from STDs (unless both were virgins and never had intercourse with anyone else). The last thing these kids need is the responsibility of a baby. This is going to be a very hard conversation for you considering how you feel about them staying together. However, it is an important one and one that has to be done without your emotions or disapproval coming through. It is not condoning her actions, it is protecting her from herself.</p><p> </p><p>Good luck when she comes over. Take deep breaths, remind yourself she's now an adult and really does have a right to live her life as she chooses, no matter how it goes against everything you believe or want for her. Support her, advise her, love her. Don't try to live her life. Not easy, but what we're stuck with as parents.</p><p> </p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/flowers.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":flowers:" title="flowers :flowers:" data-shortname=":flowers:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="meowbunny, post: 123270, member: 3626"] :bravo: I know that you believe living with someone and have pre-marital sex is wrong but it is part of life today. Statistically, a 17 YO virgin is not as common as a 17 YO girl who has had sex -- usually with her boy friend. We don't have to like it, condone it or approve it but we do have to accept that it is what it is and there's not a dang thing we can do about it. It sounds like your daughter is still close to you. So, talk to her about birth control and protection from STDs (unless both were virgins and never had intercourse with anyone else). The last thing these kids need is the responsibility of a baby. This is going to be a very hard conversation for you considering how you feel about them staying together. However, it is an important one and one that has to be done without your emotions or disapproval coming through. It is not condoning her actions, it is protecting her from herself. Good luck when she comes over. Take deep breaths, remind yourself she's now an adult and really does have a right to live her life as she chooses, no matter how it goes against everything you believe or want for her. Support her, advise her, love her. Don't try to live her life. Not easy, but what we're stuck with as parents. :flowers: [/QUOTE]
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