When your 15-year-old daughter wants to nail her boyfriend

So, what do you do when your 15-year-old daughter announces she is thinking about having sex with her 17-year-old boyfriend?

That question came up in an online chat with Washington Post columnist Carolyn Hax:

My 15-year-old daughter is thinking about having sex with her 17-year-old boyfriend (her first). She says she has only two friends who are still virgins, she and her boy are “in love,” and people shouldn’t look at girls who have sex as sluts. I think she is naive, emotionally unprepared for this step, wanting to not be the odd virgin out and has a bad case of “consequences won’t happen to me.

So what was Hax’s answer?

Agree with her that girls who have sex aren’t sluts — but this isn’t about reputation. Besides being true, that will also put you on the same side where she likely expects opposition. That gives more weight to anything else you say.

Tags: Carolyn Hax, Kids and Teens, Sexual intercourse, Sexuality, Washington Post