How do you feel about school-aged teens being sexually active?
Who needs to set the sexual limits in a relationship? How is this done?
Were you sexually active as a teen? How do you feel about that now? Were you sexually active before you were married? How do the answers to these questions affect what you will say to your children?
How do you feel about encouraging teens to abstain from sex?
What do you think about teens using contraceptives?
Be a parent with a point of view. These are the kinds of things you could say to your child:
I think kids in high school are too young to have sex especially given the risks of AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases.
Whenever you do have sex, always use protection against pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases until you are ready to have a child.
In our family, we believe that sex should be an expression of love within marriage.
Teens today find themselves in many sexually charged situations. Think ahead about how you will handle this. Have a plan. Will you say no? Will you use contraceptives? How will you negotiate all this?
It is natural and normal to have sexual desires and to think about sex. It is not okay for teens to get pregnant.
Having a baby does not make a boy into a man. A man waits until he is ready to take responsibility before having a child.
Having sex is not the price you should pay for having a close relationship. If it is, find another boyfriend/girlfriend.