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Okay, I find it awkward posting this, but as a concerned father, I don’t want my daughter learning about stuff from the wrong source. I recently heard her sneak back her way into the house some nights ago, I know she might not want to tell me she’s started doing the adult stuff and I wouldn’t want to poke her unnecessarily. I just want to educate her so she doesn’t make wrong decisions.
While I’m not entirely in favour of sex for younger teens, it still happens. As parents we can only give them good advice but we can’t shackle them up in their bedrooms.
I think that regardless of their age if they want to experiment and they want to do it, then it’s going to happen. Personally, I would agree to you educating her on preventive measures such as birth control because regardless of whether She tells you anything or not she is probably going to be doing it. Too many wonderful young women with great potential get pregnant early and then it’s tough for everybody, especially for them. It is honourable for us to stick with our moral principles but their young lives can so easily be ruined by a simple slip perhaps not intended and quickly regretted afterwards.
I don’t know if I’m right but you seem to want to get her on birth control just because of sex. There are benefits other than the prevention of pregnancy. A regulated menstrual cycle. Less cramping during their period. Reduced PMS symptoms. Clearer skin. These are all benefits of hormonal birth control. Getting on hormonal birth control should not be a way for you to start encouraging your daughter to have sex.
The jobs of parents aren’t to micromanage their children nor to protect them from everything. One of the biggest jobs is to teach them, which means arming them with the right information. Not just comfortable information. Issues need to be discussed in their entirety. Making sure they have complete information, which includes pros and cons, helps to ensure they make good decisions.