tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489111.post2235350913020581563..comments2023-09-25T07:29:38.364-06:00Comments on Café Philos: an internet café: Seventeen: The Age of First Sex in the WestPaul Sunstonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02462598852553696040noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489111.post-27559924509510403262007-12-02T20:49:00.000-07:002007-12-02T20:49:00.000-07:00Hi Jackie! You raise some good points! Teitler's...Hi Jackie! You raise some good points! Teitler's study ended in 1995, and even if he was right back then, the age for first sex could have dropped since then.<BR/><BR/>My mother was in her 30s when she had my two brothers and me. (We lost our father to a disease.) So, she didn't face all of the problems typically faced by teenagers who have children out of wedlock. We were fortunate in that respect.<BR/><BR/>Your niece is very lucky to have you, Jackie! Teen pregnancy is indeed one of the worse things that can happen to a girl. Thankfully, your niece has you to steer her away from it.Paul Sunstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02462598852553696040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489111.post-44455349155983227282007-12-02T16:22:00.000-07:002007-12-02T16:22:00.000-07:00Gosh, Paul, not sure I agree with age 17 as first ...Gosh, Paul, not sure I agree with age 17 as first sex age, at least in USA. Still, it may be true, but I am skeptical - sorry. In my healthcare work, and as an involved auntie with a teen girl---this is NOT what I've observed. I hear them talking -- heck, they know more about sex (TV, internet) than we did. And it seems to me they are experimenting earlier. Age 17 seems _old_ by our measures :-). The best I can do is teach our children safe sex - STDs, etc. Took my niece for her first cootchie exam, as we called it--and, yes, birth control RX. Rather be realistic... She learnt from me (I hope) that teen pregnancy is the WORST things that can happen - their kids with grow up welfare/grandparent dependent, likely fatherless. The mother will likely live in poverty. <BR/>And many of these teenager born children will have a grim future indeed - you sound like the exception. <BR/>Not all people can overcome fatherlessness, poverty, etc. You, my friend, are the exception, and although I don't really know you, you seem to be a kindly, loving soul, based on your postings recently about the troubled friend Suzanne. But I'm afraid you are the exception. <BR/>I may be wrong, but these are my unedited, intuitive thoughts. ThanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com