Free Condoms For 6th Graders: Yay Or Nay?

#1 Should Middle School Students Have Access To Condoms?

It's hard believe that I'm even writing this sentence, but as parents, do you think 6th graders should have access to condoms?

Wait, what?!?!

Apparently, there's a new report that says the San Francisco Board of Education thinks middle schoolers should have access to condoms. Yes, as in children that are in the 6th grade and are probably as young as 11-years-old.

#2

Most parents can't help but shudder at the idea of 11-year-old kids needing condoms. But if they do need them, isn't it better that they have them? That's what the San Francisco Board of Education thinks, which is why they've decided to make condoms available to middle schoolers. But, perhaps unsurprisingly, not everybody is particularly happy about this decision.

#3 This file photo shows the condom display at a pharmacy in Berkeley.

#4

(l-r) Joanne Yow, Chong Liang Guo, and Tina Chan chat before they enter an S.F school board meeting where they will protest the ability of middle schoolers to obtain condoms at school.

#5

Qi Xiu Deng holds up a sign in protest of middle schoolers being able to obtain condoms at school, outside an S.F school board meeting, in San Francisco, California.

#6

(l-r) Su Yan Yu, May Yow, Joanne Yow, Chong Liang Guo chat before they enter an S.F school board meeting where they will protest the ability of middle schoolers to obtain condoms at school, in San Francisco, California on Tuesday, February 23, 2016.

#7

Students who want to change voting age, gather at a San Francisco school board meeting, in San Francisco, California on Tuesday, February 23, 2016. During the meeting, one topic that was discussed was whether or not to hand out condoms to middle school students.

#8

Claudia DeLarios Moran, Lucia DeLarios Moran, 8, and Sonia DeLarios Moran listen to a San Francisco school board meeting, in San Francisco, California on Tuesday, February 23, 2016. During the meeting, one topic that was discussed was whether or not to hand out condoms to middle school students.