What age is appropriate for teens to start having sex?

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   DanuckInUSAposted 13 years ago

   What age is appropriate for teens to start having sex?
   
   Is it waiting until marriage or is there an age when it is appropriate?

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   Anne Pettitposted 13 years ago

   It's never "appropriate," but it will happen.  Teens need to be educated on protection from both STD's and pregnancy. Hopefully someone mature will have a conversation with the teen about emotions and commitment and help with the emotional roller coaster because if someone doesnt know he/she is ready, he/she is not ready.

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   localgruntsposted 13 years ago

   To each his/her own. I don't think it's my job to tell someone else what they should do with their body unless they are my children.
   
   Even then I would teach, console, educate and try to get them to wait until marriage.

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   carolpposted 13 years ago

   The day will come that a teenager wants to experience about what is sex and how does it feel. It is important to have someone that the teens can trust and the ideal person is a mother or a father .The teens have to use all resources  about sex education from school, family and friends. A mother or a father has to be open and supporting, arrange time to discuss about sex. As to my experience, my daughter told me that she wants in a certain time to experience sex and that i could arrange for a gynecologist consultation so she could ask advice about anti-baby pills and other security measures.
   I told to my daughter that it is not only of having or experiencing sex, what it matters is to have sex with someone you like or love, a feeling that it is him you want the first time to make love, so it will be a beautiful memorable unforgetable moment in life one cannot forget.

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   Nicole Breitposted 13 years ago

   I don't think it is necessarily waiting until marriage, and I don't think there is one age that is appropriate for every person. Each and every person is an individual. Teens have sex, and it may take a long time after the fact for them to have the maturity to look back and know whether when they started, they were ready emotionally or psychologically - even if they may feel ready physically. If you are the parent of a teenager and are grappling with this question, I wish you the best!

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   gmwilliamsposted 12 years ago

   I believe that people should wait until their twenties to have sex.  I feel that the teenage years should be devoted to education. self-development, and self-knowledge.    There are enough issues during the teenaged years such as preparing for college and ascertaining the pathway to a career.   Being in relationships would also complicate the affair.   Let sex and sexual relationships wait until after college graduation and a job is obtained.   At that time, hopefully a person is mature enough to know his/her body, wants, and preventive technology.

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