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Originally Posted by Tazer
I've always preached abstinence first in my home. The other lesson I taught was protection. They have "Jack and Jill" type bedrooms with a bathroom in between and there are condoms located next to the sanitary products that I placed in a cabinet in that bathroom after our talks. I check on what needs to be re-stocked when I comprise my weekly shopping list. I prayed that they'd wait on marriage but I know temptation is everywhere, and they are no angels. Like Senator Obama I do not want my daughters' bright futures to be jeopardized or have them punished by an unwanted pregnancy should the protection fail or they forget to use it. Should either or both of them find themselves in this predicament then together as a family we'd sit down and make the decision on how to proceed and which choice to make. Adoption as well as abortion would be on the list.
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More parents should be like you. You preach abstinence(which is admirable) but understand that your children will make their own choices and allow them to do so. Most of the time abstinence is preached with guilt, which obviously does not work. Girls get pregnant, fearful of their parents reaction, don't know where to turn to. Probably why so many babies end up in the trash. Thank you for being the parent that you are to your children!
It seems as though it bothers a lot of people how he said he didn't want his daughters punished. And yeah, maybe it could of been said differently. But either way an unwanted pregnancy for a teen is going to change everything for them. Keeping the child-they loose their childhood. Giving it up-the loose thier child and it seems grieve that loss for the rest of their lives. Abort the baby-and many grieve that loss as well. He might not should of said punished, but no parent wants to see their child in PAIN.