I’m pretty liberal when it comes to everything with parenting — EXCEPT education and dating, where I can be a hardass.
I’ve noticed, of my relatives, the ones who were loose about those two things with their kids ended up with teen pregnancies. They thought they could be friends with their kids. “My kid can tell me anything,” they’d brag. I’m much more reserved — I want to give the impression that there WILL be judgment should my kid get in with the wrong crowd.
When it comes to sex, should you be a friend to your kid or some stodgy hardass?

My last period started December 13, 2008. My fiance and I have tried to conceive 6 times since then. I still haven’t gotten my period and it’s now February 3rd, 2009. I took a home pregnancy test but it came back negative. How often can they be wrong? I have a lot of the common symptoms such as fatigue, swollen breasts, hunger, nausea and the metallic taste in my mouth.