Reply #3: As a mother of 2 teenaged girls . . .

[lolly]

I say no.

Certainly, girls should be encouraged and counseled to work with their parents on this decision. Every opportunity to work with parents should be given to the girl.

But the decision should be hers, and if notifying the parents interferes with that decision--or perhaps even puts the girl in danger--then she should have the right to privacy here.

I'm gonna catch a lot of s**t for this, I know, so I'll duck for a while . . .