Sex and or pregnancy prevention and parenting classes; what do you think?

Question

What do u think about young girls & boys being given some kind of drug or other treatment that prevents them from having sex and or prevent them from reproducing until they reach the legal age of consent & have undergone parenting classes.
Many of u probably know a single parent or couple that allows their offspring 2 run wild & do whatever the child wants 2 do.
Most likely, those children become the children that are disruptive n school; engage n criminal behavior; use drugs & or alcohol; become sexually active at a young age; become parents & then raise their children n the SAME MANNER.

Over the years I have seen young girls hang out all times of the day and night, party & do drugs while pregnant and still do the same things while the child is n infancy & childhood & have the child with them as they do this.
I truly believe that EVERY BEHAVIOR IS LEARNED.
I believe that ALL criminal & uncivil behavior can b traced back 2 how one was raised & taught during infancy & childhood.

I don't get the dystopia reference by goldenrae.
I'm just a man alive in this world who sometimes wonders why or why not?
I never heard of Lois Lowry either but I will look he up on the net.

Jessica et al with similar responses, it is because individuals don’t take responsibility for their actions is the reason for rules and regulations in the first place.
Someone has to enforce and occasionally make and institute NEW LAW so when those that don’t take responsibility for their actions, it doesn’t affect others in a deleterious manner.
Batty, I think I sent you the response I had for someone else.
Send me an e.

and HEY! STOP DANCING WITH UNICORNS, THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO NEUTER ANY ANIMAL INCLUDING MAN TO PREVENT THEM FROM HAVING SEX.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070316200244AAH3laU

The ONLY SAFE SEX is ABSTINENCE.
Why is it so hard for some to believe that abstinence, just as what you call safe or unsafe sex, can be a choice as well.
The FIRST CHOICE is to either have sex or not have sex.
If the decision is made to have sex, THEN the SECOND CHOICE is safe or unsafe sex.
TEACH ABSTINENCE AS WELL AS HOW TO HAVE SAFE SEX.

your_worst_nightmare_101 and others that think that the onus is on the parents to teach the children...WHO'S GONNA TEACH THE PARENTS WHAT TO TEACH THE CHILDREN.
DON'T YOU GET IT?
WE ALL HAVE TO BE TAUGHT.

Answer 1

I am anti big government controling all aspects of our lives.

The fact is, it everyone's RIGHT to make their own decision, right or wrong. With that comes the responsibility of accepting the consequences, good or bad.

And that is the main thing killing this country right now, the lack of taking responsibility for ones actions.

Answer 2

I do think that teenagers should not be reproducing children, I do not however agree to give them some kind of drug. It is called free will and its up to the parents to "RAISE" their children the right way. I do understand that too many young girls are getting pregnant and letting their offspring run wild but there is no way possible to stop that. The parents should have taught those young girls a lot better. All behavior is learned and everyone knows it.

Answer 3

I think the concept of the government forcing children to take a drug that inhibits a natural bodily function is about a horrible and repulsive as anything I have ever heard.

Especially when the reason seems to be that one particular religion doesn't like the activity they are trying to suppress.

There are drugs that prevent woman (and girls) from being pregnant. Or from staying pregnant (Plan-B) if an accident occurs. But amazingly, the same people who support your plan also oppose those drugs. And oppose sex education.

My guess is that their goal really has nothing to do with preventing teen pregnancy, and is rather based solely on them wanting to impose their religious standards on everyone else.

Answer 4

Research on effective parenting generally puts parenting styles into 4 categories.

1) Authoritative: Strong discipline, Strong affection, autonomy granting that is appropriate with age.
2) Authoritarian: Strong discipline, Weak affection, little autonomy granting.
3) Impulsive: Weak discipline, Strong affection, tremendous autonomy granting.
4) Neglectful: Weak discipline, Weak affection, tremendous autonomy granging.

If you want to discuss what "Strong" means, what "weak" means, etc, google the terms and you should find some more specifics. Suffice it to say for the moment though, Authoritative styles create the most adaptive children, Neglectful the least adaptive, and the remaining two in between. I assume this applies to sexual controll as well. Now there are most definately exceptions, but when you average it out, these are the findings.

What should we do with this information? Well I think that drug treatment will be impractical given the political climate, and immoral as well. A better idea may be to make parenting benefits dependent upon demonstration of the better parenting style. So, however you parent, an indication that you are familiar with an authoritative parenting style could be required in order to get tax credits for having children. This could be done by a written test, or by an observation (but the latter is more expensive). Perhaps if you are not using an authoritative style, and one of your children gets pregnant, you could be held liable for financing the newborn.

I know many don't like the idea of "licencing" parents in any form, but I don't agree with the person who said "we should all just be good parents, period." The fact is that if person A is a bad parent, it affects person B, because person B has to live with the higher crime rate, health bill, food stamp bill, etc that the child of person A requires as a result of upbringing. So if you are a bad parent, it costs me. So quite frankly, how you parent IS my business. I don't advocate micromanaging parenthood. I don't even think we should intervene unless there are signs of trouble. But that's not to say we stay out of parents' business at all costs.

Answer 5

Hell no!!

That's the worst kind of social engineering - it sounds almost naziesque!!!

Here's a far better idea - mandatory sex education classes for all students starting in the fifth grade.

And no scare stuff - just basic scientific information, plus training on how to use a condom.

The Dutch do that, and their teenage pregnancy rate, abortion rate and STI transmission rate are about 20% of ours.

Knowledge is power!

And ignorance is weakness!

Inform the kids, and they'll do the right thing!!

Keep em ignorant, and they'll end up pregnant and/or infected!

Answer 6

Behavior may be learned but it is not always by the parent.

You sound like a dystopia. The same idea was presented in The Giver by Lois Lowry

Answer 7

I'm a senior citizen. My previous participation in such subjects remain confidential. I'll let my offspring make the choices of today. Present classes are not part of my life
and aren't of personal consequence. I keep 00 buck loads handy for distribution to the criminal and unruly.

Answer 8

I don't think it is that simple.

There are plenty examples of well reared children becoming monsters. And poorly reared children becoming exemplary citizens.

I also think that trying to do anything that would defeat diversity will kick us hard in the end. We need the influx of new ideas and new methods that come from a wide variety of people who have been raised in a wide variety of circumstances.

I am also vehemently opposed to government interference in our lives.

And there are some very interesting studies that show behavior is mostly nature and not nurture, I don't think your idea about learned behavior is correct. I tend to think that most behavior characteristics are largely in-born.

Answer 9

A drug to inhibit natural human functions? That is absurd as a father killed his daughter for having sex and it turned out that she hadn't. That was like saying "You're acting like a human; now die". If someone wants to have sex then they are going to. Besides, that should be the parents place to teach their kids how to be a parent and teach them not to have sex while young, and not pump them up with drugs.

Answer 10

When I grew up parents were very strict in our community. In spite of that there were some girls who got pregnant even though they were raised in a strict and very religious home.
I have seen families that were not strict and not religious raise children that did not engage in sex and were very well behaved.
One young man comes to mind: he was very wild, had sex, and drank booze underage. His father was a minister!