A conflicted mum says she’s torn about supporting her teenage son’s decision to be sexually active with his girlfriend. On the one hand she wants to help him be safe, on the other she’s not sure she should be encouraging it.

The mum explained her 14-year-old son and his 14-year-old girlfriend have been together for three months, and she claims the pair ‘seem pretty serious’.

“He came to me the other day, a bit apprehensive and told me that he and his girlfriend had ‘gone all the way,” the mums said.

“Obviously, I was a little bit shocked but in a way kind of prepared for this conversation. We talked and I explained to him that things can happen when the mood gets heated.

“He promised me it was consensual. I did say to him however that it was a little bit irresponsible of him because I knew that he didn’t have any protection.

“He did say that he pulled out and I explained to him that’s not 100% safe. He has promised that it won’t happen again without protection.”

The mum says she has now purchased condoms for her son, but doesn’t know whether to give them to him or not.

“The thing is though he’s been staying overnight with his girlfriend, although the sex happened on a day that he wasn’t staying overnight. Now I’m not really sure whether to just accept this happening and give him the condoms or leave it and wait and see if he asks me to get him some.”

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