Wow--can't believe I am jumping into this friggin' fire.
I am wiser than I was as a teen. I have 20+ years of experience I didn't have then. I have more of a *true, honest and sincere* respect for human life and the human experience than I did then and on an entirely new level--to simply say it's "deeper" would be a gross exaggeration of truth. I no longer think I am invincible. I have more self-respect than I did then. My self-esteem is rock solid. I know who I am. I know what I am about. I know what I stand for and no problem standing up for it. My brain (as most humans) didn't fully develop until my mid20's. Grasping the full gammet of human sexuality and what it means didn't come until way after that.
I am not saying that one person or another is wrong here. The decision to become sexually active or not is huge and unto itself, life altering in the best of circumstances.
Will my children be sexually active? I don't know. What I do know is that I will share all my knowledge with them. Not just condoms, birth control or trips to a doctor--those are simply physical things. It is just so, so much more than that.