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In reply to the discussion: EXCLUSIVE: Parents of underage victim in Kate Hunt's case defend actions [View all]justagurlinseattle
(4 posts)I have a daughter who is 15.... when she was 14 I let her date a BOY who was 18..... I made sure to TEACH my daughter to wait to have sex until she is ready...... That law treats 12 year olds the same as 15 year olds... and that is simply OUT there..... There is a HUGE difference between 12 and 14.... and actually NOT much difference between 14 and 17 years old..... Fact is.... It is the job of the PARENTS to teach their daughters to wait to have sex until they are ready.... that is NO MATTER who they are dating...... Kids are GOING to have sex.... That is just a fact.... and telling them NOT to is NOT going to do a thing to help them..... Now if this girl had sex at 14 years old..... then she felt as though she was READY.....
as a parent... I am not sure I would like my daughter having sex at 14.....
But, then again... I would like her to wait until she is 30 years old..... That is JUST NOT realistic tho....
We have to, as Parents, prepare or children for the real world.... and that included how to say no to sex until they are ready....
and if they DO FEEL they are ready, then it is UP TO PARENTS to love care for and support their child in these
decisions..... telling your child NOT to have sex at 14 years old will ONLY result in them rebelling against you and
them not being HONEST with you.......
The Parents claim that they woke one day and she was gone..... and that she was with Kate.....
OK..... So, it seems in the arrest affidavit that the 14 year old RAN AWAY......
WHY did she run away?????
Kids don't just run away because it is FUN.... There must have been a reason......
Kids from well adjusted healthy homes with OPEN COMMUNICATION DO NOT RUN AWAY......
That is just a FACT.......
Did the parents tell their 14 year old daughter to stop seeing Kate????
Did they tell their daughter that if she kept seeing Kate, that they would have Kate ARRESTED?????
See, there is a LOT here that does NOT make any sense.....
also... Kate OFFERED to leave the state and go live with her grandmother..... WHY was that NOT good enough for this family?????
and again...... WHY did they not INSTILL better values in their daughter as to NOT have sex until she was ready and mature enough to handle it???????
Subcontracting the STATE to do your parenting is just plain WRONG in my eyes.....
They are PEERS and school mates..... and Freshman and Seniors are treated as PEERS.....
We should NOT be so willing to put 18 year old High School Seniors in PRISON and ruin their lives for dating their PEERS......
WE should NOT be branding them as Sexual Predators for life over a HIGH SCHOOL Romance.....
Having ONE Birthday while you are in HIGH SCHOOL and dating a freshman should NOT make you a criminal.....
and we have to STOP throwing around the word Rape in this kind of situation....
It MINIMIZES hat ACTUAL Rape Victims have gone through.....