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To: Rambi who wrote (9762)	4/14/1998 8:23:00 PM
From: Lady Lurksalot	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71178

Penni, You write, "Sometimes I look at my big boys towering over me and they are still babies." Yup, and they are called husbands and significant others. (Sorry, I couldn't help myself. It's just that you so rarely give us pranksters good straight lines like that. <insert obligatory very big grin here>) Holly

To: Rambi who wrote (9762)	4/14/1998 8:31:00 PM
From: Gauguin	Respond to of 71178

I don't think that at 13 they're ready for the real thing either - not at all. I can't think of an exception among the people I know or have known. (This being the USA, partly.) I just think that at 13, or very thereabouts, or younger by some, they're ready to be treated to adult thinking, to start down the path of learning as we've said. I think 17 and a half is plenty young for the real thing. I'm not saying they will think like adults, but it's time to start training and demanding it; to point the transition. To let them know it's coming. The physical transition/whirlwind, as well as the demands of responsibility arriving, fair or unfairly, because of it. Sex. Sex drive. Boy and girls meet. Collision ahead, imminent danger. "This biology thing is going to say jump on each other and screw. We know that for sure. It's coming. So what are you being expected to do? Huh? What do you think you should do.....?" In some ways, it's easier before the shit hits the fan. They're actually often more level-headed at 12-13 than 15-16. (Any doubt?) By thirteen their bodies and brains and responsibilities are "goin", and it's time to start thinking and preparing and understanding. I think that's the best way to keep them out of sexual relationships until they're much older, and keep them concurrently comfortable with staying out.