Political Weirdos

Teenagers need exposure and experiences to grow up, or they're never gonna mature.

I completely agree. I just think those experiences work best when they are safe from easily preventable trauma - like what having a child at 13 can turn into.

I'm not advocating for teenagers to not think for themselves, I just don't think they're old enough to be parents.

That is the very likely consequences of sex by our biological design. And there's less options to prevent it than ever.

Teenagers do not have the maturity to understand the consequences of sex, just the extreme desire to have it.

And through the smallest mistake a teenager can turn into a parent with parental responsibilities. 13 year olds can't hold a good job, let alone raise a child on their own.

Protecting that from happening used to be a regularly accepted American cultural goal. And I agree it's one that certainly got warped into something weaponized, but the point was to protect childhoods from unnecessarily becoming parenthoods.

I'm sorry but this is an attack that i don't take well.

I'm sorry about that. To be clear, what I meant by "if you're having kids" is "if you're having kids as a teenager because you're just okay with that." (it was a hypothetical, not a direct comment at you)

Clearly I don't think teenagers should.

Yes, I agree that the weaponization of sex against teens can fuck up their personal lives. (It admittedly also did mine.) But there's certainly a middle ground between that and giving them complete freedom.

Finding a balance between safety and experience isn't easy, but erring on the side of caution is best. It's what provides teens the opportunity to gain maturity rather than force it on them.