DSS selling condoms to classmates

[Delait291]

Just after some opinions really. DSS is 15, in year 10. We've found out he's been buying condoms and selling them for £1 each to his mates. His mums not concerned. Should we stop him? I'm not sure how I feel about it.

As long as he is buying them himself he is a business man in the making.
My son at same age was putting multi packs of sausage rolls and the like in my trolley and selling at school whilst trying to tell me he was just extremely hungry...

Great. Good on him.

Would you like him to sell sanitary towels instead it's better than being on the street and he's making some Dosh.

If I were you I would be worried about trouble. But privately think he's promoting safe sex and the initiative... AMAZING 🤩. I'd turn a blind eye lol. In reality any kid can obtain them from school, youth centre, GUM clinic etc. He's just making them more accessible. A future entrepreneur 👍

That’s capitalism for you !

Love this 🤣

My friend used to buy multi bags of sweets and sell them at school. She didn’t have lots at home and this allowed her to have some pocket money.
I think condoms better than sweets to be honest, as long as the teachers don’t find out..

If he was really smart about this then he'd be getting them for free from the C-Card scheme and then his profit margin would be fantastic!

For one, it's great making sure that condoms are available for those who don't want people in authority to know.

1. if his mum is okay with it, you should mind your business. Your husband can discuss it with his mum, but it has nothing to do with you.

If kids are daft enough to buy a condom for £1 then let them crack on. Sounds like you have a little entrepreneur on your hands. Good for him.

There's worse things than selling condoms. My DH grew up poor and used to sell cigarettes at school. His biological mum used to send him to get her weed when he was 13 and he worked out quickly that he could get a better deal buying in bulk, so unbeknownst to her he became her dealer.

I've never met a harder working man. Obviously everything is legal and above board now but he's always thinking of ways to make more money.

Every school has the kid that sells things.

The one on my year used to sell bags of sweets from multi packs in macro, he went on to run a hugely successful confectionary business.

I also think this is awesome and hilarious. I bet once the school finds out the teachers will also find it awesome and hilarious. They probably won't be able to actually tell him that and they will almost definitely have to shut it down but it'll make a fun staffroom chat.

He will eventually get caught and probably will get "in trouble" and made to stop but getting in trouble isn't the worst thing in the world. Especially if he's got the gift of the gab and gives it the whole "but sir I'm helping prevent teenage pregnancy and STIs" and "I am being a business man".

He sounds like the kind of lad who wouldn't be embarrassed to have to talk about condoms (good for him) so what trouble is he likely to get in beyond getting a talking to from a senior member of staff who is having to pretend to be angry but probably secretly is really impressed?

If he was selling vapes or drugs it would obviously be a different story. And honestly in my opinion selling condoms is better than selling chocolate or fizzy drinks.

As far as what parents would think about their secondary age children buying condoms, many will probably be unhappy but as others have mentioned kids can access them anyway. Kids who want to buy condoms to have sex will not be stopped from having sex by lack of a condom - at least not in the long term.

When your 14 year old goes to have sex with her boyfriend and they don't have a condom, hopefully they won't do it. But only because they can get a condom and do it tomorrow instead.

If you somehow manage to succeed in completely limiting their access to condoms then the teenagers who are "in love" and very hormonal are not going to say "oh never mind let's wait until we are 16 or even better 18 or maybe until we are married and settled down".

Their brains haven't developed yet. If your teenager decides they want sex then the best you can hope for is they're sensible enough to do it safely. If your teenager has the foresight to buy condoms then they care about their sexual health and are probably also the kind of person to care about consent and mutual pleasure etc.

If your teenager understands and cares enough to pay a pound for a condom then you've done something right.

I mean it could worse it could be drugs. Good for him😃

Brilliant idea well done lad.

I wouldn't be too concerned to be honest as long as he knows to keep it hush hush at school which most 15 year old do.

Teenagers are embarrassed to go and get the free ones, so what better way then to ask a friend and he is making a profit too.

I’d be chalking that one up to a win.

Teen boys normalising getting and using condoms will help prevent unplanned teen pregnancies and slow the spread of the various transmissible diseases in the upcoming generations

I would genuinely be proud of him and advise him to keep it on the down low but have his back if it all comes to the surface as inevitably some parents think their 15yos need protected from such dangerous things as condoms

Most likely they will be filling them up with water and throwing them round the car park. Or they will be protected.
Either way, that lad will be a great entrepreneur.

@cansu I hate to break it to you, but secondary school is not and has never been a "safe space away from sexuality". The presence of condoms or lack thereof doesn't change this.

I admire the entrepreneurial spirit.

And it's not drugs.

He isn’t technically breaking any laws but as the children who are buying them are underage I can see why you are on the fence. They might just be blowing them up and being daft with them. Anyone underage cannot consent to sex so selling safe sex methods to them does feel a bit dodgy.

My uncle was known for doing this with cigarettes, buy a pack and sell them as singles for a profit. He's never smoked in his life and has been very successful financially. Your DSS is pretty savvy. Don't know if this applies where you live but here in Scotland he could be getting his stock for free from the GP surgery with a c card and that would cut out his overheads and be pure profit!

Better the kids are safe rather than give someone a sti or getting girl pregnant

I doubt he's earning enough to pay tax (unless local teens are particularly promiscuous)

Well done him. He'll do very well in life

Mine was doing the same 15 years ago, also cans of coke, crisps, sweets and chocolate

Are you really that naive?? 😂

He's not preventing teenage pregnancy or promoting safe sex. He’s just making money. I doubt he gives a shit whether the boys he’s selling them to actually use them 🙄.