Dear Queenie,
I want to ask my doctor to give me birth control pills but I’m afraid he will tell my parents and they will freak out.
Queenie, how can I get them to be cool about this?—Teenager
Dear Teenager,
If you are still in your teens you are still growing and adding the hormones of birth control pills to your developing body is probably not the wisest course of action, which is just one reason your parents will “freak out.”
You are right to want to be prepared for what may happen, but it would be better to put off any possibility of becoming pregnant until you are older and better prepared to deal with the consequences.
Yes, I know this is difficult, especially if you have a boyfriend who is saying to you, “If you love me you will …,” but the answer to that is, “If you love me you won’t … .”
