I can't imagine the unbearable pain the father is in. Unfortunately, its not something that happens due to negligence, it's more due to how our brains can go into "autopilot" and forget seemingly important things. I wish we could figure out a fool proof way to stop it from happening, some sort of censor that might…

I am a mother of four boys, ages 25, 21, 12 & 10. The quote about 5 mins undoing a lifetime of parental teachings is spot on. You don't need children to understand that. Just a brain. Talk to my boys all you want. I'm open with my children. None of them have made me a grandmother yet, so I'm guessing these kids were…

That is such horse shit. I have no idea what the statistics are, but I am willing to bet that at least half of the awful shit that happens to children, is done to them by their parents. The government had to make child labor laws because the parents were totally ok with their babes working 10 hour days in a dangerous…

I'm a parent and I think you probably understand better than those commenters.

I'm living proof of concept. My parents sent me to a very conservative (in basically every sense of the word) school K-8 because it was the best education available. They were very clear about the things they disagreed with that my school taught and why. They also told me I still had to be respectful to my teachers…

Go back to 4chan, sweetheart.

You already know this but you were spot-fucking-on with your question. And I can say that because I pushed out a couple of kids which, apparently, makes me very wise.

As a parent I have to say your parental friend are mistaken. Just because you have not experienced something personal does not mean that you cannot be empathetic or understand something on a similar level. Maybe not exactly the same, but similar. If 5 minutes with a nurse is going to undermine your parenting, then…

You're an idiot. gourmet goober may not be a parent, but he/she was at one time a child who has experience in being able to privately communicate about very personal issues with a medical professional without an overbearing parent. Regarding this very specific issue, it's not about being a parent, it's about being…

And if you have a username such as "killallwhitepeople", stay the fuck out of rational conversation.

"You don't understand...I'm a completely ineffective parent!"

I'm a parent and I'm delighted to have my 11-year old speak privately with her doctor about puberty and anything else she might want to discuss with HER DOCTOR. When are our children supposed to learn how to talk to their doctors? After they grapple with the most significant and confusing (not to say potentially…

So...having been that 17-year-old girl needing information about contraception, am I still not allowed to have an opinion on this?

Good for you! For both asserting your right to an opinion and doing so gracefully.

Except that gourmet goober has been a 17 year old.

I'm a teacher, and I can get five minutes to talk privately with a child whenever, if I wanted. Sometimes, that question might be, "Do you feel comfortable at home?" (I always let guidance ask that one, but I know some teachers who will bring it up if the kid seems to be crying for help)

Except that every non-parent was once the child of one. Edited: Probably the child of two!

Yes, this is totally correct.

Learn to read, the article says that the shop only requires your name and your phone number.

You can tell right away these kind of shops will never, ever, ever happen at all outside Japan.