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Originally Posted by Star
most parents talk to their kids about everything to do with sex and that includes STD's.
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Perhaps in Canada. But not in the Netherlands(!). And I doubt this holds for the US as well.
And society has changed a lot these past 25 years, worldwide, but I will focus in the rest of this post on the Netherlands. The influence religion has decreased dramatically. In 1980, doing laundry on a Sunday was seen by many as sinful.
Young people have spending power like never before (it is not uncommon for a 13-year old to work 20 hours a week or more, especially during vacations).
They have to acquire all kinds of gadgets, fashion et cetera. If commercials work, then it is hard to prove / disprove whether or not those screw kids up. Recent research suggests that fully 71% of the Dutch kids between 7-14 years of age, believes everything that is said / stated in a commercial. Despite that deceit is banned in commercials by law, it is not unlawful to use all kinds of deception in commercials:?.
Basically a kid has to decide at the age of 13, what kind of career to pursue, and at 16 make a decision on the thing here. There is still a bit of margin between say doctor and biologist, but if you are going for the doctor route, you can forget about economics. At 16 years of age, people are known to have very clear thoughts on what to do :roll:.
Subsequently, if the kids are not happy with the decision that they have made (they experience it, as if such a decision was forced upon them), they tend to drop out of school, without diplomas. And then we start to blame the kids for dropping out, instead of thinking of better ways to let kids choose a career track, and more appropriate times in their lifes. Idiotic idea, I know.
We force upon the kids a lot of responsibility, for which the consequences can hardly be overseen. Even worse, knowing beforehand that such a thing turns out to be a disaster for a lot of those kids, and doing nothing about it.
As a side-effect of this, kids have a hard time learning to take responsibility for their actions, as the responsibility is often flung on them, without them wanting it yet, nor being able to handle it properly.
Most parents here do not talk with their kids about sex and all related issues, though most kids and parents wish such conversations would occur.