“So, you talk about it openly and its not a fascination. But that doesn’t mean they wont drink. Will you allow it?”
I’ve already “allowed” it…. My children know that I’m not against drinking, I have issues with irresponsible drinking. I trust them to make their own decisions, I trust that will be the best decision [...]
I read a lot of posts about babies and children under the age of 10, but there seems to be very little information out there for those of us who have teenagers.
I’m not really sure what kind of info I am looking for, but my teenagers tend to only want to play video games yet [...]
Does anyone know of any articles or web postings to help an unschooling friend? She is contending with her 14 yo daughter’s burdening sexual relationship. She is understandably feeling conflicted between supporting her daughter and wanting to protect her. I would like to be of some help. I searched around the web and could find [...]
I don’t believe “underage sex” is more prevalent. I think it was absolutely prevalent before I was born. MOST grandparents, it seemed, had married as teens, at least the wife was a teen. Part of the problem might be the definition of “underage,” which is now at 18, the time when most people earlier had [...]
I’d love some input. My dd, 13 1/2 has been developing a relationship with a boy online — she has met him in real life, he was her instructor at a Bikes Not Bombs workshop last fall, but for the last month or so she has been communicating with him exclusively over IM and myspace. [...]
My daughter has been talking about the hair on her legs on and off for about 2 years ,she is 10.
I have told it is a hassle, might be fun at first but a drag to keep doing, etc… lots of women don’t shave their legs, ( I do - not that often and only [...]
Continue reading about Shaving legs at 10 years old? Am I nuts?
I have been reading this thread with interest because my son is 12. I can tell that he definately notices beautiful women based on comments he makes when he watches movies or tv, but as far as I know he hasn’t looked at porn sites yet. What I’ve been thinking as I read is that [...]
Here’s a link to a story about when one of Sandra Dodd’s sons started getting interested in porn.
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My 11 year old son is getting up in the middle of the night to look up anime porn. One of his older schooled friends showed him the web site and now my son can’t get enough of [...]
Just wondering what you guys do when your 13 year old daughters start to be boy crazy?
My very good friend who’s daughter will be 14 next month is one of the few people who I have talked to about this subject, her daughter has only been over our house 2 times maybe without her parents [...]