I'm in agreement with the comments in here. My wife and I are throwing a fit over a relative of ours who is 13 dating a 16yr old and things are progressing WAY too fast. The worst part about it is that their parents are ok with it. So much so they allowed her to spend the night at their house. Not at 13 and not with that age difference. Common sense people, come on!

What's really sad is that fact that  most of the kids having sex  probably come from sexually abused families, That I think is really the problem. Look at to catch a  predator and  school  teachers having sex with our kids. then look at account execs that use sex to sell everything. Look at  movies that create catch phrases for sex, or  even acronyms for sex (MLF, etc)  We even as adult are bombarded with it. Seems we see more than  what we are actually are getting. Do we like to be titillated by sexual situations because we come up empty handed? (this is of course a side bar to the yes of the comment, by geez) If kids see this behavior plus have been molested they are sadly, sexually knowing human beings! THAT is a sad state.

It's crazy for me to think that 11 and 12-year-old children are even contemplating having sex.  They're still children.  I do agree with Twinkie that they should have access to contraceptives if they're already sexually active, because they're clearly not getting any reliable information to begin with, but I'm more concerned about the fact that it's even an ISSUE!  It's startling to consider that so many families - even in this advanced age of technology and mass communication - are still so desperately incapable of talking honestly about important issues.  Sex is somehow still such a taboo subject that people are afraid and ashamed to even address it, and yet, by keeping silent on the matter, parents are preventing their children from making informed decisions.  It says something if a society is willing to risk the safety of its youth in the name of "moral righteousness" for appearance-only purposes. Sad, sad, sad.

It's pretty sad when it's considered "OK" for 6th graders to have sex. I mean, I get the whole "they are doing it anyways" and I know that some are but damn. It's just scary that's all.

At the same time, I mean, isn't it better that they have access to it if they are in the "need" for it? They sure as hell aren't going to ask their parents that's for sure.

I don't know, I'm soooo confused. This topic really freaked me out and made me wanna throw up. blech. Kids that age should still be playing with Barbies dammit.

I hate to say it but our society  was went to hell. Everyone wants to be cool hip parents. Drink, sure ah hell why not. yep that's parents lead by example. You too can teach your  kids to be Hoe's. It's sad, kids have no foundation. something that prevents them from being the town hoe. But we can have plenty of birth control to go around. You like to think the good parents teach their kids about sex. Um, that's before someone else does and then it's too late. You'd like to think  parents teach their kids that there are consequences to their actions. Hmm you'd like to think that. I try to teach my son if you got a girl pregnant, you'd see it through and i don't me to the clinic for RU486 either. You see the importance of teach a kid the full biology of what happens when you have sex, (egg, fertilization) kids won't be AS curious. Yep they will be later on yes. But if you show hey  you do this and babies happen. At least you've taught them cause and effect. And a little financial info too, like baby cost money. There are so many more things that can be said about this issue. It's just a shame we have denigrated as a  society that public schools have to be the responsible people for our children.