[Dee_184]

I'm a teen. I live at home but my home situation is not so good. I want to try to get birth control and condoms to be save but I don't know where to go where it will be private and free. If my parents knew they would flip. Can anyone help me??

[rosanna-hope]

You should be open and honest about if you're planning to have sex with someone with your parents or maybe just your mum, maybe a sister? They can help you be safe and take the right precautions..

[justcurious55]

Where are you getting your info from termpaper? What sort of camps are you talking about?

Dee, I encourage you to abstain from sex. If you aren't comfortable telling your parents you're having sex, how comfortable will you be telling them if you're pregnant or have an std? Condoms and birth control are good, but the only way to be 100% safe is abstinence. If you can't figure out how to get condoms and birth control on your own, you are definitely not ready to be having sex. Really, what will you do if you get pregnant or catch HIV?

[shazamataz]

The thing that concerns me with this is that you cannot afford to buy condoms, and if you cannot afford them then there is no way you can afford to look after a child.
No birth control is 100% effective except for abstinence. There are several people on this site alone who have got pregnant from using both condoms AND the birth control pill.

Yeah I know, it's a boring speech but it's true...

[cdad]

How old are you? Maybe you shouldn't even be entertaining the idea in the first place.

[neverme]

I agree with the other posters if you aren't mature enough to talk about the prospect of having sex, don't have enough money or are too embarrassed to buy birth control then you shouldn't be having sex.

[dontknownuthin]

It's very responsible of you to research your options for safe sex and avoidance of pregnancy, and I would recommend that you contact Planned Parenting. They can provide you non-judgmental answers, advice and resources and can also prescribe birth control if it is appropriate.

Condoms are very cheap and are available in drug stores. They are available free from a lot of organizations that fight AIDS and HIV so look online for things like "HIV Prevention" and narrow it down with your town name and things like that.

I do agree with the other posters to really rethink your decision to have sex. I think it would be good to wait at least until you are through high school and living on your own. Then you won't have to sleep around, your parents won't have any say over your health decisions, and if something serious results from your sexual activity whether an illness or pregnancy, you will be in a position to decide what is best for yourself.

[dontknownuthin]

My apologies - the name of the organization I meant to give you is "Planned Parenthood" not "Planned Parenting"... just a typo! And I meant to say, "you won't have to SNEAK around", not "you won't have to sleep around!" I must have been half asleep when I wrote that Freudian slip! Yikes!