Grandmother Spears Speaks Out

For me, the point here is that neither child had very good sex education and the results are clear as day. My question to Mrs. Palin would be, "How's that abstinence-only education that you promote working for you?" It would seem like she would figure out that lack of real sex education for girls results in pregnancy.

I am 46 years old and will be celebrating my 20th wedding anniversary next week. I became sexually active at 16, but because I had REAL sex ed from my Mom, but mostly through the Unitarian Church, I never got pregnant until I wanted to at age 35. In the 70s, the Unitarian Universalist's sex education course was explicit and thorough. We saw real pictures of what genitalia looked like. We opened up condoms and put them on bananas. We had a gay male couple come in for a question and answer session. Same with a lesbian couple. Every week we were encouraged to ask any question, which was always answered as thoroughly and completely as possible. We learned all of the methods of birth control, how well they worked, how to make them work better, and what could cause problems when we did use them (like not using baby oil with a condom because it compromises the latex). We learned that a female could get pregnant even without intercourse. We learned what oral sex was and what anal sex was. Nothing was taboo, and nothing was treated as stupid or ignorant. This course was taught by a woman and a man in their 40's or 50's who were married (but not to each other). They were absolutely open about their own sex life, and embarrassment was left at the door.

How did this class affect me? In the best way possible. I knew how to protect myself against pregnancy and disease. I understood that this was my responsibility and mine alone. I understood that all sexual encounters could result in and STD or pregnancy, and sex became something that I never took lightly. I wasn't scared of sex, I wasn't titilated by it. I wasn't surprised by it. I wasn't uncomfortable with it. No boy or man was able to manipulate me - EVER. I wasn't fooled by anyone lines or lies. I understood what an orgasm was and I knew that I deserved to enjoy sex - that I wasn't just there for someone else's pleasure.

I have been talking with my daughter, now 10, about sex since she was old enough to ask a question. While she hasn't had that sort of education yet - she's not quite old enough - she does completely understand how pregnancy occurs and that it will always be her responsibility to take care of herself. More will come as she gets older.

I don't have to worry about her becoming pregnant. She is educated and will continue to be so. She will know that she has choices and they are always her to make.

The problem for both of these girls with babies is that they are uneducated. Until that changes, we will continue to face this issue.

Well call me old fashion but having children at 14,15,16 or even 17 just shouldn't happen. I don't care if they are Bristol, or Jamie they are both not good role models. I don't want my granddaughter to be like either one. If their parents were more involved with them they never would have gotten where they are today. I came from a large family with 4 girls and 2 boys and none of us would have gotten in that position, especially the girls. I have never allowed myself to be in a position to be alone with man. I never thought about having sex before marriage because I had to much respect for myself and my parents to hurt them that way. I got married in my late 20's. I was happy that I waited til marriage. If more people would be outrage maybe young people'
wouldn't go around having children at a young age. Its simple parents need to be involved with their kids. Make sure they have a curfew. Know who your kids hang out with and talk with their parents.

Enough of this gramma pop tart. Most of us are 'Speared' out. This entire family is wasted space, in my opinion and should stop trying to convince us otherwise.

Try again, dialog box is scrolling funny. Folks are missing a fundamental point here. Jamie Lynn Spears having sex before 18 was a misdemeanor, in Alaska the age of consent is 16.
CALIFORNIA PENAL CODE 261.5. (b) Any person who engages in an act of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor who is not more than three years older or three years younger than the perpetrator, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
See WHY SO MUCH ATTENTION TO STATUTORY RAPE? California has the highest teen birth rate in the U.S. Every 8 minutes, a teenager in California has a baby. ... www.ageofconsent.com/california.htm.
Also see www.moraloutrage.net/staticpages/index.php?page=California
From www.ageofconsent.us/ unrestricted age, California 18 No age gaps, No mistake of age defense. Alaska 16 Yes age gaps, Yes mistake of age defense.
If Jamie Lynn had been anything but a rich white actress .... The "Good Old Boys" in Georgia had no problem with convicting a 17 year old black man of consensual oral sex with a 15 year old - www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,280572,00.html. Or a 17 year old woman - www.hicktownpress.com/georgias-bizarre-sex-offender-laws/

way to go lynne spears stand up for your family if you don't no one else will oh i bought your book good work God Bless the spears family a fan from louisiana

way to go lynne stand up for your family if you don't no one else will oh i bought your book good work God Bless the spears family

I swear I only read this because my daughter's name is Maddie. I wanted to be sure I wasn't white trash.

Bristol Palin wasn't a celebrity? Her mother was a Mayor and now a Governor, so what does that make her? She's a public figure because of the status of her mother. Don't you love the family values these repugnikkkans have? If it was yours or my child, they would have been cast out by these repugnikkkan hypocrits. It is ok when their children do it, but when ours do, they are outcasts! Stand up to these hypocrits!

Grandma Spears? Who's next, the baby's dog sitter?

Who cares?