I have to admit, I was shocked when I read about a mother who allowed her 13 year old daughter to go on the pill:

When Tracey Baverstock realised her 13-year-old daughter Connie was having sex, she didn’t shout or scream. She took her straight to the doctor to put her on the Pill.

Having already seen two of her daughters become teenage mums, Tracey, 39, from Portsmouth, was determined it wasn’t going to happen again.

Granted, a new study was just released that supports a decrease in cancer rates in women who were on the pill. The rub? The advantage only lasted for 8 years, after that, cancer risk increased exponentially.

So what in the world is this mother thinking?

I’ve never once regretted putting Connie on the Pill. I didn’t condone the fact that she was having sex - far from it. Of course I was upset. I was shocked - my little girl was only 13.

But having me rant and rave at Connie not to have sex wasn’t going to stop her, she’s a headstrong teenager. I was also aware of her getting very jealous of the attention given to my other daughters Sheri and Joleen when they were pregnant.

Is she serious? Her 13 year old was headstrong and going to have sex anyway? Isn’t that when that crazy little thing called parenting is supposed to kick in? I mean really, can you think of a better time to utilize parenting skills than this? If your 13 year old wants to have sex and your answer is, “Ah, well. What am I going to do about it,” you may want to re-evaluate when you went wrong.

Here’s a crazy suggestion…keep her home! At 13, you should be able to have some control over your kid. Whose parenting who here???

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