Horrible parent

[kibbles]

I gotta agree with saying the women is anything but a horrible parent. She, from all accounts, seems like one of the excellent ones. Yes, she should have been more discreet, for fear of some overzealous ultraconservative person that would insist on wasting the CPS's time with a phone call.

But all in all, I see nothing done wrong.

[AFpheonix]

then we must have some sort of reversal; my husband is the one freezing me out!

Mine's not freezing me out, but I tend to be the one that wants it more often, so I typically just have to entertain myself in other ways.

[protege]

My brother knows all about getting 'busted' for porn. Let's just say my mother found a Playboy in his room...and she wasn't too happy about it. Even though he was 13-14, something about having 'those dirty magazines' in her house made her go ballistic

If you're going to have those in the house, make sure you hide them

[MadMike]

My brother knows all about getting 'busted' for porn. Let's just say my mother found a Playboy in his room...and she wasn't too happy about it. Even though he was 13-14, something about having 'those dirty magazines' in her house made her go ballistic

She went nuts over a Playboy? There are far worse things than that.

Besides, you have to go thru 100 pages of ads and junk before you get to anything good anyway.

Uh... so I've heard... not that I'd really know anything about that.

[Der Cute]

Shoot.

IMO a 13- 14 boy is right on track looking @ those things.

I'd have a chat w/ him about body functions, sex, remind that those pictures are NOT the American Norm....

And say, Go to town, just make sure you clean up afterwards.

I'd rather have a young man learn this and not be embarrassed & ashamed.

But I'm strange

Cutenoooooooob

[chainedbarista]

i'm hoping this purchase is preceded by a frank discussion about sex, using correct terms for body parts-it annoys me when a supposedly 'mature' adult uses cutesy terms for genetalia. if you can't say it, then maybe you aren't ready to use it.

if the magazine is supposed to be the only guide, then this kid is in trouble. we don't all flop around with our legs exposed like that, bud.

[protege]

Besides, you have to go thru 100 pages of ads and junk before you get to anything good anyway.

Uh... so I've heard... not that I'd really know anything about that.

Buuuulllshiiiiiitttt!

Even though Playboy is pretty tame (at least compared to Hustler!), my mother is a bit "old school" when it comes to things like that. Sure, she'll talk about it, but I think it was the very *idea* of him having it upset her.

[MadMike]

i'm hoping this purchase is preceded by a frank discussion about sex, using correct terms for body parts-it annoys me when a supposedly 'mature' adult uses cutesy terms for genetalia. if you can't say it, then maybe you aren't ready to use it.

I never provided my son with magazines like that, but I did have "the talk" with him two years ago, when he was 10. I had been dreading it for quite some time, but I knew it had to be done. I wasn't sure how to start it off, so I started by asking him what he already knew. He already knew about "sex", and that it was how women got pregnant, but he didn't know the mechanics. He looked somewhat shocked when I told him.

I think I had a beer while I was talking with him. Times like that, I wished I kept stronger stuff in the house.

[MadMike]

Sure, she'll talk about it, but I think it was the very *idea* of him having it upset her.

Would she rather he had a Playgirl magazine.

[protege]

Would she rather he had a Playgirl magazine.

Somehow, I don't think so

[chainedbarista]

i've been talking about sex with my son on and off since he was about eight or nine; different matters on the subject, just things he needed to know, especially that it's NOT dirty, but normal and natural.

[BrassCowboy]

we don't all flop around with our legs exposed like that, bud.

Dang!

*note to self: start dating a Hustler model*

[DGoddessChardonnay]

What an idiot, buying Hustler for her 12 year old son!?!?!?!?

Hmmm . . . there are worse things to see online when you stop to think about it.

I know . . . I've seen stuff that would make Larry Flynt have a coronary. And back when I was in high school, my aunt (who lived with us for a time) had a monthly subscription to Playgirl coming to the house. But then the first nudie books I saw was when I was about 10 - my Mom had a trunk full of them in her room for male guests (had a fully stocked bar w/fridge, too.) The subject of sex was not taboo in our home growing up . . . maybe it was because my Mom was more concerned about violence and profanity than she was the human anatomy?

My brother has a stash of Playboys under his bed. My mom knows they're there. I know they're there. We just don't bother with it b/c he could be out doing worse things.

We won't mention some of his wallpaper on his PC . . . but I'll say this much: Victoria has NO secrets left.

[Primer]

I'm glad I have at least 12-13 years before I have to deal with this.

So...you're saying you have not had any kids yet?

My brothers found our dad's Playboys before I was 6, so they were maybe 9 and 11. They (my brothers, not my dad) introduced me to National Lampoon when I was about 8. (BTW, I'm the sister.) That's how and where I first learned the synonym for "rooster."

However, we all grew up with free access to mom's nursing textbooks, including the OB/GYN books.

I think having the early reading materials kept all of us from being teenage parents. Of the three of us, only the middle brother has reproduced, and he was 40 when his first one was born!

[karma_gypsy]

I saw my first Playboy when I was 8 and I'd like to think I turned out pretty well.

Same here, walking home from school, with two other boys (they were good friends of mine, I'm always though of as 'one of the guys')... I didn't think the pictures were that bad.

And the guys, they were just giggling and pointing sort of thing.