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Definitely shouldn't be talking to them about it until puberty, but the average age of first exposure to porn is 9 years old (4th grade). And we're not talking booby pics in a playboy. If your kids have friends with phones, you can basically guarantee their seeing some nasty crap, unless you have done a solid job or prepping them. Just a heads up.
I wonder how a parent can block that out now? Like said in another post--that used to not be a threat till past junior high.
But more important, this is quite an image>
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Now a question: if they have met a wonderful person at 18, and they want to have sex, why not just get married? Only reason not to get married to this wonderful person is because they may not be all that wonderful. If they have integrity, treat you well, have the same values, know how to disagree and discuss rather than argue and fight, and have the same life goals, what are you waiting for? Get married! Have sex! Lots of it! It's awesome. Tax breaks start sooner.
One of the biggest barriers in the income expectation or costs. Fortunately, yes, our parents generation was completely oblivious to that. They got married when the guy still selling vacuum cleaners door to door, and similar stories.
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I may be wrong, but I do believe if every kid was trying to get married by 18-20 years old, they would be able to keep it in their pants, and they'd cut deadweight "project" boyfriend/girlfriends much faster. If you're 18 and the person you're dating still needs to grow up, cut them lose and let them waste someone else's time. Go find your spouse and go to town. Instead we have a culture of dating for many years as the norm, and people keep losers around for far too long.
That actually sounds like a society that would run well more often than not, and avoid the "prolonged childhood" phase and not breed a sense of entitlement. Probably avoids the European demographic crash better than the career emphasis and delayed marriage approach does.