Do atheists teach their children to wait until they get married to have sex?

Question

or at least wait until they are an adult and really love and respect someone? Or do they tell their child it is ok to screw around, because it is natural? Why not? What would stop their 13 year old from having sex as long as she was on birth control and used condems?

It seems that alot of atheists are judgemental and stating insults does not answer my question. I wasn't assuming anything-this is why I am asking the question. I am a Christian, and people should not assume that I am not going to talk to my girls about sex and all the emotional and physical problems that are aquainted with it when done at an early age, regardless of what you believe in. It is not just a pregnancy issue or disease issue-emotionally, the child should worry about other things-like what college they are going to or what they are going to wear to the prom.

Answer 1

That depends on the atheist parent.

Answer 2

I think it would be difficult to characterize how "all atheists" teach their children, just as it would be difficult to characterize how all religious believers teach their children about sex.

Your question outlines only two positions at opposite poles: either no sex until marriage, or any sex at anytime. I can't imagine any parents would ever advocate the latter.

Most of my friends were raised by agnostic or atheistic parents, and the messages they received were to wait for someone special and not to take sex lightly. I think most of their parents expected that they would not start having sex in high school... but then as now, few teens actually wait, whether they are atheists or religious.

I intend to do much the same with my children, and I want them to know the range of non-sexual activities they can do that will still allow them to be intimate.

But I also want to ensure that they have comprehensive sex education. Teens that are fully informed about the dangers of unprotected sex and the measures for safe sex are much more likely to avoid early pregnancy and STDs.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Well I would teach my child to be smart and try to convey the idea that "Love" at 13 is not love at 30. And Sex is not love. I would hope that they would be smart enough to use protection. Waiting till they get married isn't really a concern but it would be ideal, Especially if I have a girl.

Answer 5

bad question! do you have any Idea how many religious teenagers are having babies because their parents aren't listening to them! and so they seek attention elsewhere! If they would pray a little less and pay more attention then that would be greatly appreciated!

a lot of them have Abortions- because they can not have an unwed baby !yeah baby ,it's that song that no one in the Christian world wants to hear! but it is real! I'm not gonna tell you how i know this ,but I see it a lot! as an Atheist I think it is appropriate to at least tell them to use protection! just to tell them not to do it is not working because when you least expect it they do!

Answer 6

Are you retarded? Seriously I am an atheist and the mother of two (count 'em two) 13 year olds. My lack of faith in your cracked ideas has no bearing on telling my kids I want them to wait until they are adults to have sex. It is a maturity thing, not a "God" thing. You think your God is gonna stop your kid from getting pregnant, good luck. I for one, will use education and discussions with my children, not the threat of "eternal damnation".

Answer 7

i'm an atheist and an anarchist and i know when i have kids i won't care if they have sex or not (as long as they use condoms) because well if i went around telling them to wait for marriage that would make me a hipocrit. i also wouldn't care if they did some drugs as again telling them not to smoke pot, drink alcohol or eat shrooms would make me a hipocrit. all i will ask of them is to use their brains. i would also hope they come to love rock n roll as i do. i won't tell my kids what to do i will simply guide them.

Answer 8

I'm sure there are atheists who think that refraining from having sex until you get married is a good idea. Aside from not believing in a God, atheists have a variety of individual beliefs.

I'm not an atheist, btw.

Answer 9

De[emds on the parent.

I'm personally teaching my kids to take their time growing up. Do not pressure anyone into sex and do not let themselves get pressured into it. I'm also not going to fill their heads with nonsense about things like "purity" so they don't become sex-obsessed like the kids of religious nuts.

I hope my kids are at least 16 or 17 before they start having sex.

I hope my kids get laid before they are 21.

Answer 10

Atheism is a theology that promulgates the non-existence of a higher being. Atheists are just as concerned about the sexual proclivity of their children as Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterians, Mormons, Church of Christ, or Catholics. Find an Atheist and ask him/her what they teach their children about love, sex, and respect.

I was raised a Methodist, and my parents taught me to wait until I got married to have sex; but, I didn't. My husband was raised a Baptist. His parents taught him to wait until marriage before having sex; but, he didn't. My children were encouraged to refrain from sex until they married; but, they didn't.

I have three granddaughters. Me and their parents can talk ourselves "blue in the face" about the consequences of sex before marriage, but not one word we say is going to keep them from "having sex".

Answer 11

Well, to be fair (and I am a Christian, albeit non-practicing), there are plenty of kids from Christian families who are sexually active. I think most parents want their children to wait until they're at least mature, if not married.