FFS people. The world is not the finely tuned binary a lot of you seem to believe...

[Agnosticsherbet]

46. I am not claiming a monopoly. That is my opinion based on being a father...

and on knowledge from studies that show the 14 year old brain is not fully mature. (The studies I've seen found that the human brain is not completely mature until around 21.) If Mr. Foucault cares to speak here, it will not change my position. One of the greatest responsibilities of an adult and especially a parent is to protect their children until they reach a level of maturity where they can protect themselves. By law, that age for most things is 18. Nowhere is it 14. In reality it is a difficult juggling act and all parent make mistakes.

I've taught my children that the appropriate age difference for those they date, by a rule of thumb, is half your age plus 7. Even if that were somehow passed into law, an 18 year old should not date or fuck anyone under 16.

I know this in in general reference to the young woman that took a young girl out of her parents house without their permission and slept with her. I don't feel that sending the 18 year old to jail on statutory rape charges is the appropriate response. Some kind of court required counseling would be a better idea. I understand why the parents were upset.

When it comes to matters of the heart and the sex organs, most adults screw it up as often as they get it right. So we should take extra care with children who don't have the benefit of years of screwed up relationships and bad decisions when wrestling with their hormones.