She's Too Young Page #5

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They're disgusting.

But why not discuss that in the meeting?

Maybe it is the culture.

Maybe it stems from loneliness.

Maybe it's trouble at home.

Maybe it's low self-esteem.

You can analyze this any way you like...

...but I want no part of it.

I'm sure Nick's told you

what's going on in school.

I hope you're not gonna lecture me

on the responsibilities of being a parent.

How should we deal with this problem?

I'm not sure there is a problem.

- I don't understand.

- Look.

I'm furious my son isn't using condoms,

and I'll get his father to speak to him.

And I'm not happy

that he has an STD...

...but, for one thing, it's easily cured.

I hope that it's the lesson he needs to learn

to use better judgment about sex.

- You're not worried he's so sexually active?

- Not if he's more careful.

Nick is an honor student, an athlete,

and we think he's on the right track.

I'd probably worry more

if he were unpopular.

Well, your very popular son

gave my 14-year-old daughter syphilis.

- How do you know she didn't give it to him?

- Because she's a virgin.

I'm really sorry for what has happened,

and so is Nick...

...but he didn't force her, did he?

She was a willing participant.

Girls aren't the only victims here.

Girls these days can be even

more aggressive than the boys.

You wouldn't believe

how many call here.

I don't know how you can be

so casual about this.

These are 14-year-old girls we're talking

about. They're not ready for this.

Maybe you're not ready to let go.

Could you have your mom

give me a call...

...as soon as she gets home from work?

Trish Vogul.

Right.

Tell her I wanna know if she's gonna

be coming to the parent-teacher meeting.

Okay, thank you. Bye.

Mom, it's not like when you were a kid.

Believe me, Hannah,

we had our wild moments too.

You know what?

Now you can't even get a date...

...unless you do those things to a guy.

- Well, that's horrible.

- Kids don't care.

It's just something that they do.

It's like I was the only one

who hadn't done it...

...and I didn't wanna be the only one.

- Can you understand that?

- Yes, I can...

...but there must be

some of your friends who say no.

I have friends who say no,

and those girls never get a date.

This kind of dating, honey,

you just set yourself up to get hurt.

I had hoped that for you, the first time

would be beautiful and life-affirming.

- Well, I blew that, Mom.

- No, no, no. I'm not saying that, Hannah.

I'm just saying that when you say yes, you

become like every other girl in the crowd.

When you say no, Hannah,

you stand out.

- You stand out.

- Well, maybe I'm tired of standing out.

I mean, why is it so bad

to want to be popular?

No! It's wrong when your popularity

leads you to this kind of behavior...

...that you get syphilis

from someone like Nick.

Oh, that's right, Mom,

because I'm just such a horrible person.

- I'm a total disappointment as a daughter.

- I am not saying that!

I am not saying that!

Don't you dare twist my words like that!

I am proud...

Hannah, this is a picture.

You have to smile, okay?

Perfect. Okay, how cool is this?

You know, I can e-mail this to TigerBeat

or CosmoGirl or even Maxim, if you want.

Aren't you supposed to be

a good influence on me?

- What?

- Hey, Hannah...

...wanna join our syphilis support group?

Hey, tell that mother of yours

to mind her own damn business.

If she shows up on my porch,

I'll wreck your world.

Careful. You might crush

the few brain cells you've got left.

Dude, that is so gay, man.

Hello.

- How was your lesson?

- It was fine.

Did you work on

the second movement?

Seat belt.

- What is their...?

- Get out of the way!

Please go back.

- You're gonna die!

- Go back.

Just go back.

Just back up!

Please, please, Mom.

Get out of the way, whore!

- Slut!

- Get off the road!

- You know these kids?

- Can we just go?

- No, I'd like their names.

- You know what, Mom?

- Thanks so much for getting involved.

- Why do you think I'm doing this?

It's who you are.

If I lost a toe, you'd be president

of Parents for Toeless Teenagers.

Are you embarrassed

because of this meeting?

No, you're gonna go up there and tell

them about my problems. My life, Mom.

I am not ashamed of you.

You shouldn't be ashamed.

- You have to brag to the other parents?

- I don't want other kids to go through this.

All you should be caring about

is that I'm going through it now.

Okay. So, so far, we have

confirmed 21 cases of syphilis.

But as you will see,

over 250 kids have been exposed.

So things could get worse. Much worse.

Now, the numbers of course,

represent the kids.

And the lines link them

sexually to other kids.

So as you can see, most of these

kids have had multiple contacts.

Twenty.

- Forty.

- What?

In some cases,

over 50 sexual partners.

- Thanks a lot, man.

- Pretty big party?

- Yeah.

- Have fun.

If you taught abstinence,

it wouldn't happen.

And you have done

nothing to help.

Abstinence is a part of

the sex-education curriculum.

You can preach abstinence, but eventually

these kids are gonna have sex.

The media bombards kids

with sex in their music...

...sexual innuendoes in their TV shows.

Even ads push sex appeal as the most

important quality a kid needs to develop.

How are parents

supposed to deal with that?

Sorry.

I'll tell you what.

My boy's doing what I wanted

to be doing at his age.

Not at my daughter's expense.

It's just an opinion, buddy.

- That opinion's brought us all here.

- Okay.

- Take your opinion out.

- I'll stay right here.

We don't need this right now!

- Take it out the...

- We can all agree...

...that fighting amongst ourselves

is not gonna help our kids.

Now, we're all here

for the same reasons, right?

We feel helpless. We want answers.

None of us expected that we would

encounter this when we moved here.

So, what do we do?

What do we do?

Like Lauren said,

we can set stronger boundaries.

There'll be times when

they don't wanna talk.

There's gonna be times where they

can't stand even being around us.

And those are the times that

we need to be there the most.

Those are the times

when they need us the most.

That's all we can do.

And I couldn't live with myself

if I did anything less.

Dad, why can't you trust me?

I do trust you. It's that whole

public-school environment I don't trust.

- All they do at Calvary is read the Bible.

- You'll be in a place that stresses values.

Your values, not mine.

You watch your mouth, or you'll regret it.

I regret being a part of this family.

- That's enough.

- Kathleen, I won't tolerate...

Becca, honey, tell you what.

You try Calvary for one semester...

...and if you hate it,

we'll see what we can do.

I'm not going.

Hannah, hello.

- Honey?

- We're home.

- I'm gonna grab a drink. You want anything?

- No, thanks.

Hannah?

Hannah?

Hi, Kathleen.

It's Trish here.

Listen, could you ask Becca

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