Quote From: arwen177 In my opinion it's up to the parents to talk to their kids about sex, not the school's, because honestly, if the schools hand out condoms, that's where it stops. I know this from personal experience. In my school, condoms were avaliable, but our school still had the highest teen pregnancy rate (in Ontario) so what does that tell you? Parents should also talk to their kids about the options of an unwanted pregnancy, and I don't mean that they should only tell their kids about abortion, I mean that they should tell them about all 3 of the options. Keeping & raising the child, (which isn't always in the best interest of their son/daughter), having an abortion (which my family is against) or placing the baby for adoption (the most loving thing a teen mother can do for her baby). I have personal experience with the third option, as I placed a child for adoption 7 years ago now and I still think it was the best decision I ever made. I know that I couldn't have raised my daughter on my own at 19, now at 26, I'm married and have a 1 year old, whom I adore and it's hard even though I have my husband to help me out. True I miss my daughter sometimes, but I know that she is with a loving family and that she has more then I could have given her. Again, this is only my opinion, and I know that most people probably won't agree with me, but I just wanted to add my 2 cents.
Yes it is up to the parents to talk to their kids about sex, disease and pregnancy, etc. But if a school is handing out condoms they should be telling the kids about sex and what goes with it. The school should also have everyparent sign a consent form that they are aware of this going on. And in order to get a condom you can punch the kids name in to the computer and if the parent has agreed to this, their would be something in the childs profile saying it is ok to give their kid a condom.
