I realize there's some weird people here who think teenagers won't have sex and shouldn't have condoms. They usually end up the parents of a teen mom.
Anyway, he's 15 now and he does go to parties so I figured it's better to be safe than sorry.
I'm sure you have had the "the talk" with him about safe sex by now? You don't necessarily have to give him some now, but certainly offer to get some if he ever starts dating or thinks he is going to have sex. Maybe keep some at home just in case. Does he currently have a girlfriend where it might lead to sex? You are right many parents are in denial about teenage sex yet most of them had sex as teenagers... I did and always used a condom as a teen and in college which made it more fun because there was no pregnancy or STD worries. Good job for being proactive.
Thanks. I have talked to him a few times about it and he doesn't feel he needs them yet, but sex always happened randomly for me at parties during my teenage years. You never know what girls you'll meet and if you may get lucky. I think I'm just gonna buy 2 or 3 different kinds of condoms and put some in a condom box so he has the instructions, and give them to him. I'll tell him to put one in his coat pocket whenever he goes to a party just in case. Better to be safe than sorry.
You should give it to him when you know he is mature enough use it correctly and when you know he is ready to move to the next step. You dont know until you talk to him but you know just as well as how open a lot of teenagers are when it comes to such topics. So it will take a lot of assumptions and invasion of privacy to know when is the right time. Like American Pie
Probably like 12-13. I have 4 sons and just plan on keeping those in a public area of the house so anyone can take if needed
@ultimatesuicide nope only have boys
dads do that?
odd
i guess whenever he's old enough to consent
I just remember being a teenager and fooling around with girls at my high school parties without protection because. 1.) I didn't have money for condoms. 2.) My friends and I were all too embarrassed to buy any from the local drug store. 3.) I wasn't expecting to have sex or even meet a girl at the time, but things happen at parties. I remember having to go to a free clinic to be tested for STDs at 17 because I didn't have protection at a party and it was very scary. I think it is a parent's responsibility to provide their teenagers with protection if they're smart.
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What's Your Opinion? Sign Up Now!I’d say 15 and explain that they have an expiration date. I know plenty will disagree with me but as a nurse I know of many teen pregnancies.
If he's going to parties then now. Good thought and good parenting.
Have the talk, and let him use his pocket money to get them. Else not as if he can't get them free from campus.
Condoms are expensive these days, and teenagers don't want to go into the local drugstore to get them if they live in a smaller community. Even I drive to Walmart and buy mine at the self checkout.
Depends on when he starts dating. If he hasn't by the time he starts college, get them for him then. My mom did.
Never he already has condoms
Perhaps, when u know'e has a girlfriend.
Give them now. You have to anticipate that he’ll be having sex. I was sexually active by 15. Sometimes condoms got used but when we didn’t have them, he’d pull out. So make sure they’re always available.
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