I would rather my child have protection then not. most kids have sex anyway and most have it unprotected. good for OP trying to make sure that their kid does not get pregnant or get a STD!!

if O.P thinks her kid is around that age, it is pretty responsible to give her access to protection.

#29, so? It's better to use a condom that has a 2-15% chance of failing than using nothing at all. (2% = perfect use, 15% = typical use.)

When I was 15, my mom put me on birth control and offered to buy me condoms every time I was in a relationship in case I ever ended up having sex. I'm nearly nineteen and still a virgin. Now at my high school graduation, there were three pregnant girls, two of whom were pregnant with their second child. Their parents didn't buy them protection. It could have been easily preventable if they had.

to #46 Yep! Smart parents. Best protection out there is to teach the kids about it and make sure they know how to be safe. They quit being careless and lackadaisical about sex, because their parents have drilled into them that they should be responsible. And so...they tend to have sex later, not get pregnant very often, and rarely get STDs. Sounds like your parents knew what they were doing!!!

#43 er, no. The chance a condom will break is about 2%. Other reasons for a condom breaking is age, sun or heat damage or exposure to oils and chemicals. So the condom won't break if you're not a moron, all the people on here that say their condom broke - maybe it wouldn't if you learned how to use one.

#113, not always. I was super paranoid about condoms breaking so we were really careful with them and even had um, "proper lubrication," yet two still broke. Luckily I'm on the pill also, so nothing happened.

Certain lubes actually cause condoms to be more likely to break. Also, the statistics aren't saying that there is a 2% chance of pregnancy every time a couple has sex using condoms, they are based off of year long studies. 2% of couples over an entire year of sex just using condoms will get pregnant, on average.

Many younger sex enthusiasts also don't understand that condoms are not a one size fits all item. I used to swear I always got the defective ones until one day I realized "oh, my favorite ones are just a size too small, I need to find a new favorite condom". Problem solved.

no. that's how you make them curious..

this FML needs a follow-up!