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Back in college, my roommates were a couple who had a baby. I used to take their FFVIII Gilgamesh figure along as my date when we went out to eat. He got his own chair and everything. cool

I bring my Light Yagami nendoroid to tests sometimes, as a good luck charm..

I can understand where they're coming from too.. However, with our store..if the adult area was moved behind the counter that would be a hassle. It would still be in eye view of the kids. Sure, they wouldn't be able to get to it as easily, but the store I work at is actually the highest volume store in our region (probably not in the states because I'm sure Cali has bigger ones than the one here) and the LUV STUFF as we call it is kind of a big area. Some of the stuff would have to include bachorlette items though because of the p***s necklace, etc.

I can understand parent concern, but..in all actuality, putting the stuff behind the counter would be a loss because if we're trying to ring in customers, others that want to look at that stuff would have to wait and we'd get a lot of angry people on our hands because everyone would be in the way, etc. I'm not trying to make excuses..but it's just how I feel. I mean, I do my best to keep the whole idea of age in my mind when selling that stuff. I sold some flavored condoms to some younger people before..they were probably around 15 (I'd hope), but I thought it'd be better to have safe sex than none if they were going to do it. I don't know. I might have been wrong there.. But I do my best to keep kids out of that area (though, by kids it's mostly when I can tell they're around 12 or younger..I've stopped them from going in the back before).

Spencer's is for embarrassing the living hell out of your kids by going in there with them. I know this for a fact.


Seriously, though? I don't REALLY think Spencer's should have that stuff in such a public location, but.. rather than making their main move to shut down the stores, shouldn't the parents be focusing on teaching their kids why not to buy such things at such an age?

I know a lot would respond that 12 year olds shouldn't be getting those kinds of discussions yet, but the fact is that we're learning about this stuff earlier and earlier. Hell, I'm pretty damn sure I knew more than just the basic "birds and bees" when I was 12.

It's a lot better to tell them about s**t than to stick to outdated ideas of when kids learn things, and end up having them make reckless decisions..

Well, I can attest to the fact that the whole "don't tell the kids and they won't do it" is totally false. After all, when I was in school, there was no such thing as sex ed. The nuns just assumed that if no one told us about sex, then we wouldn't do it.

Well, the stereotype about Catholic school girls had to come from somewhere... rofl

I can vouch for the various discussions my friends and I had during choir practice concerning all manner of sexual acts.

Really, the best bet is to give kids all the facts, the good and the bad. I tell my clients that the best way to prevent pregnancy and STDs is to simply not have sex. But if they're going to have sex, then to be safe. Use condoms. Take birth control (some of my clients REALLY need to take this advice!!!).

I really don't think kids need to be buying dildos and c**k rings. I don't know if all the stores carry things like that, but one near us does. I had to wait until I was 18 and so do they, damnit!!