Dear Queenie,
When I found out my daughter and her boyfriend were having sex with each other, I made sure they know about “safe sex” and gave them some condoms. Pretty soon – a lot too soon – my daughter asked me for more and when I asked how they could have run out so fast she told me she had been sharing them with her girlfriends.
Queenie, condoms aren’t cheap and much as I want to help prevent an unwanted pregnancy, I don’t want to be supplying them for other people’s children. What should I do?—Worried Mother
Dear Mother,
Youngsters who are old enough to be having sex are not children anymore, and should be responsible for their own behaviour and the possible results thereof. Refer them to whatever organisation(s) in your community deal with and provide information about safe sex.
