Ask Dr. Helen: Should Men Be Kicked Out of the Church Nursery?
I’m surprised that there’s only one comment that addresses one of the most obvious problems: pregnancy. That’s a real risk and there is no good way for it to turn out.
If she has the child, what kind of a family will the child have? (consider Mary Kay Letornou, mentioned above). If she decides to have an abortion, and tells the boy (if only out of guilt), how does it affect him in any positive way? If he doesn’t want it, the experience encourages him to think that there are no consequences to risky behavior; if he does want it, how will it affect him through life to know that his child was destroyed and he couldn’t stop it? (yes obviously this can happen at any age, but it’s far less likely in a marriage.)
As for the “that’s what boys want” argument, there are lots of things that 13 y/o boys want that they don’t know how to handle, including Everclear, high explosives, and a 600 hp Mustang GT (I still want that last one).
