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Add to FavoritesWhile I have never seen these in my school, it is a trend I know of and have heard plenty about. You get a number of colors, each standing for a different sexual act. They are from simple kisses to intercourse. The game plays out that if you wear these, someone can come up and break one of them. This is why the game is often called "Snap."
When you wear them, it means you have not done these acts with anyone. If a girl wears a arm full of colors, it makes people look. And when men know what they mean, they always want to test if the girl is going to play the game right. So he will go over, snap the bracelet off and she will perform the act that it stands for.
Purple means she will kiss him.
Red means she will give him a lap dance.
Blue means she'll have oral sex with him.
And black means she will have intercourse with him.
There are other colors, but those are the favorites of the boys.
While most girls wear them for simple accessories, that does not mean that others are not doing the game correctly. The problem is, it temps people into seeing if they will. If they do not, they may be the attack of teasing for being weak.
Girls and boys a like should not wear these bracelets. They should be banned in schools. If people want to wear accessories, then go find some nice bracelets and stay away from the Jelly Bracelets. They are, in sense, a strong invitation to have sex. That is what they stand for. That is what they will always stand for. And if you wear them, you are signaling the start of a new round of "Snap."
Even though most people won't actually go through with it, others will. And slowly more may start if that one person gets their friends to start.
It's an invitation. These bracelets need to be closed and thrown away for good.
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I am a big kid at heart. I love to play dress up. I love costume jewelry. I like being different. I was very excited awhile back when I saw they started marketing jelly bracelets again. These were my favorite as a child. I grabbed me a few packs and I couldn't wait to get home and put them on.
The next day I was at work proudly displaying about forty different colored jelly bracelets on each arm. Imagine my surprise when a customer said "Oh my. You get around, don't you?" I was horrified. She could tell I was confused so she explained to me what she meant.
At a nearby school in our area, these little bracelets were banned. Children were wearing and trading them for sexual reasons. The customer's sixteen-year-old daughter had been among the twenty kids that got suspended over them. Apparently, the daughter was on a quest to get as many as she could. During her suspension, she found out she was pregnant. She had no idea who the baby's father was.
Sex bracelets are a silly teen fad with a dangerous sexual twist. It's actually a game in a sense. It can be done many ways but the general idea is that each bracelet represents a sex act. The colors signify certain acts. Some teens can get their own and wear the colors and amounts for the specific deed. They also give them to each other in hopes of the favor that the color represents. There is even a color to represent an S.T.D.! This is almost insane.
The sexual pressure will always be there with children. When I was in school, the sex trend was collecting can the tabs off of soda cans. If someone gave one to you, you owed him or her something special and vice versa. Another popular item was friendship beads. Friendship beads were safety pins with tiny beads on them. The more beads, the better. Looking back, I don't know how I could have been such a dummy.
I had more can tabs and safety pins than anybody else did but I never traded sexual favors for them. I often felt pressured and was even called a tease. This is hard at any age but I held my head up high. The most important thing for a parent to instill in a child about sex is that they have the choice. It is their body and they don't have to do it if they want it.
Many children and teens tend to find trends to attach themselves to. They want to fit in. Until they are older, they won't realize how unimportant fitting is. Talk to your child about the pressures and ask make sure they know they can come to you if they need to. Stay involved with their lives and schools. Know what is going on in your child's life before it is too late.
Educate your child about sex bracelets and sex in general. Explain to them that no fad is worth risking pregnancy or disease. Encourage your child to be their own person and not follow others. They don't have to tell on all their friends for wearing them but they don't have to wear them either.
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