Comments on: Horrify a teen in one easy step.

By: Jo

Jo — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:41:02 +0000

damn! now i’m scared! i need something similar for the teen. i’ve had the talk but it never hurts to remind them!

By: the soviet

the soviet — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 06:07:20 +0000

i’m seriously thinking of wearing a condom and i’m not even having sex!

By: C

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 01:16:30 +0000

That makes you the best sister on the face of this planet I think because we all remember what it’s like to be that age and really believing that we knew everything and actually not knowing a damn thing.

By: Baby Girl

Baby Girl — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 20:14:23 +0000

I grew some cojones and clicked on the links. I was all ready to scream and then it was just some words. Thank god. But for these crazy kids in my neighborhood, they need some pictures.

By: harper

harper — Sat, 31 May 2008 05:55:22 +0000

this should be an article in the new york times! nice work, sid. even better (since i’m assuming most kids don’t read the new york times)- your article should be distributed to middle and high schools. and yes, teens should be freaked out by such content. perhaps then they wouldn’t work from impulsivity and have to suffer the consequences for being mis- or non-informed.

nicely done, sid!

By: sid

sid — Fri, 30 May 2008 18:59:41 +0000

I actually didn’t include any pics. The links are just to the CDC overviews. Pics would have been too much, even for me.

I almost made myself vomit googling images yesterday. I’m not doing that to my baby brother.

Blech.

By: Baby Girl

Baby Girl — Fri, 30 May 2008 18:34:25 +0000

I’m smart enough to not click on the pics. I’m still traumatized from the slide show in high school health class back in 1991.

Do schools still show these? From what I see, I doubt it.

By: bob

bob — Fri, 30 May 2008 13:34:18 +0000

You forgot a big one.

6,000 die a year from car crashes, TEENS. Not adults.

Go to www.tiwi.com and find the latest technology to protect your child.

By: Sid

Sid — Fri, 30 May 2008 12:26:11 +0000

Oh, and while those three points are nice, they aren’t very informative.

I actually trust the kid not to get too drunk, or to drink at all, actually. My family is full of teetotalers, and my brother leads that charge. I assume one day he will try a drink though. One day six years from now, when it is legal for him to drink in this country.

Ditto drugs.

Wear a condom is helpful but pretty fuckin’ nonspecific, and they aren’t always effective. If he’s going to be using them, I want him to know exactly why.

Exactly.

Once you start having sex, you open yourself up to several risks, and pleading ignorance of those risks won’t turn back time.

*shrugs*

Maybe if more people “messed kids up” like I just did, our fricking rate of unplanned parenthood and STIs wouldn’t be so goddamned high.

By: Sid

Sid — Fri, 30 May 2008 04:45:12 +0000

Matt, you need to be freaked out, I’m pretty sure.

But thanks for your feedback. My BFF also told me it put her off touching her husband. Now that is the effect I was going for. With any luck, he’ll stay buttoned up for another five or so years.

I should probably have sent the herpetic peen picture, too, but I do have some restraint.

Anyway, I think this is sufficient. My work here is done.

>:-)