Thanks... depression is a tough battle (and though being the care giver is tough... living it must often be worse - I can find ways of dealing with how I feel) my husband is working again hence we're dealing with the money issues...
Re the sex education: I agree, sex needs to be talked about - I attend church where the teaching is about not having sex before marriage and whilst I agree with that (I share the faith after all)- I've seen the damage it can do not even to talk about body parts and making someone feel comfortable about their sexuality (whatever that may be) so that is something I am determined not to repeat with my son
I've also worked in the Health Service for the HIV service... my son will learn about STDs and prevention - if he's determined to 'stick it in' then he'd better be safe with it -
in the same way I think a woman should be responsible who she lets do that to her and she can only be sensible if she has that information, the UK apparently has the highest teen pregnancy rate so it's a similar issue here, but I don't see being drunk as a valid excuse to not take responsibility for yourself if you know what to do
I know it's a corny line: but I think with right comes responsibility - yes, it's my body and I choose who does what with it - but it's my responsibility to treat it well (i.e. not expose it unnecessarily to STDs and/or pregnancy) - again, rape is of course a differnt issue here but I hope I make sense
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Date: 2011-06-05 07:59 am (UTC)Re the sex education: I agree, sex needs to be talked about - I attend church where the teaching is about not having sex before marriage and whilst I agree with that (I share the faith after all)- I've seen the damage it can do not even to talk about body parts and making someone feel comfortable about their sexuality (whatever that may be) so that is something I am determined not to repeat with my son
I've also worked in the Health Service for the HIV service... my son will learn about STDs and prevention - if he's determined to 'stick it in' then he'd better be safe with it -
in the same way I think a woman should be responsible who she lets do that to her and she can only be sensible if she has that information, the UK apparently has the highest teen pregnancy rate so it's a similar issue here, but I don't see being drunk as a valid excuse to not take responsibility for yourself if you know what to do
I know it's a corny line: but I think with right comes responsibility - yes, it's my body and I choose who does what with it - but it's my responsibility to treat it well (i.e. not expose it unnecessarily to STDs and/or pregnancy) - again, rape is of course a differnt issue here but I hope I make sense