What is your opinion about children in secondary school being allowed to obtain birth control?

Question

This is even happening without the parents being informed, is this a good idea, or not?

Answer 1

I have 3 children, none of them are at this age yet though.

I feel that once my daughters are old enough to have the "s*x" talk, I will speak to her immediately MYSELF about whether or not she needs birth control.  When she starts having s*x, I will get it for her MYSELF.

I want to have an open relationship with my daughters, and to me...s*x/birth control is NOT advice a SCHOOL should be giving information/opinions on.  This is a role for the parents, not for school admins or teachers.

I still dread thinking of the old s*x ed classes we were forced to attend.  Not only did I not learn anything, but they only talked about abstinance and no other real forms of birth control.  This is not a realistic view anymore.

If parents are being lax on their parental responsibilities, that is those parents' fault.  This does NOT mean that the school should become involved.

Since when did this country think it was okay to constantly have government/schools invade our privacy/rights as parents?  It is not okay in my mind to try and raise my kids for me.

As for the previous poster's response about "stds or birth control"...to me it is not about that.  If you openly talk to your children about s*x at the right age and list options for them...there should be no reason why a school should be involved.  It's called being a p-a-r-e-n-t.  Inform and Advise that is our duty as parents, as well as protecting them.  To me, this is not a school's job.

Answer 2

YES kids should be able to get condoms and birth control at school! They should be given info. on STD and be able to make smart choices. Kids don't always talk to their parents, And are more comfortable talking to a school consular.As a mother of a 15yr and 13yr I see no problem with my kids getting more info at a safe place were they feel comfortable

Answer 3

As a top contributor, just take a look at all the teen pregnancy posts on this site.

Answer 4

Uh uh.  No way.  Bad idea.

Answer 5

As I teacher of secondary school, I see way too many pregnant teens in the hallways. If the students had access to birth control, along with the appropriate education (not the abstinence only curriculum that is currently what we are allowed to teach) then I think that more of them would use it.  Their parents sure aren't plugging in to help out this situation.

Answer 6

The truth is that kids do have s*x in high school.  A lot of them.  At my kids' school, a confidential survey said a fifth of them had had intercourse, and far more than that had had oral s*x.  At schools in neighboring towns, the rates were even higher.

The only question is whether we want them to have stds and be pregnant or not.

edit -- I think it's our job as parents, too.  The problem is that some parents skip it.  If the parents don't teach the times tables, the schools fill that in.  If the parents don't teach about birth control, kids have a right to that information, as well.  Kids have a right to information and the ability to protect themselves whether or not their parents step up and provide it.

Answer 7

would they prefer children in secondary school to need to obtain diapers and breastfeeding information?

once a child is over 14, parents don't NEED to know absolutely everything - they have to let go sometimes.  if they raised the child right, the child will want to share - sometimes more than we want to hear.

Answer 8

It is a terrible idea.

Under the age of 18, the parents have the right to know anything they choose about their child.

If mountains of paperwork and parental permission is needed to get a wisdom tooth pulled, how does it make any sense that kids can sneak around (pitifully uneducated) and obtain BC and in some areas abortions with no consent from parents?

It encourages secrecy between kid and parent, but if the parent had to provide it, there would be many mistakes and broken hearts, ruined lives, etc that could be prevented.