1 Will wonders never cease?

2 I think it's briliant. They might have finally found a definition of abstinence that teenagers can actually follow. Me, I'm more inclined to the "oral sex isn't really sex" version.

3 Hm. I don't know so much about the male experience, but I think I would have been better off waiting just a bit longer. The one thing I will insist on, however, is that "lack of birth control" not be the reason for abstaining. In other words, I'm likely to be the kind of mom who says "take a condom just in case." Of course, I have a cousin who's the product of a bad marriage that came about after he was conceived.

4 Personally, I don't think that people are emotionally ready to have sex until their early 30s. (Don't tell my customers, though.) But, yes, I'm with you that it is better to offer esteem-based rather than fear-based reasons not to have sex, because (as I clearly recall) teenagers are really not very good at putting behavior and consequences together.

5 Particularly when the consequence is something that could only happen to someone else, like pregnancy.