I think you are right about the part that this forums should be a resource to all people, a place to find answers that are hard to find. But when it comes to very young people. That confuses me.
when a 15 or 16 year old ask for advice about how to have sex or something sex related, i find hard to give and answer, first; because i don't feel that i'm cualified to give that answer, because he is very young and something i tell him may cause him more harm than good, since i'm not and expert on sex or a doctor or a teacher or what ever, i'm just a horny guy. Second, because the answer i could give him may be a very good answer for and adult (like me), not for a teen.
I remember an advice i give for some guy who's girlfriend was shy, i told him, something like: go romantic in bed, candles, exotic fodd, yada yada yada. And the guy say, he can not do that, since he only 16 and he can not do something like that. And i think to my self, what can this friend expect from the poor girl, if she is only a teenage girl? maybe they are doing it in the back of a car like most teens do, and this guy wants her to be as sluty as a porn star. Of course she is shy, maybe she is just affraid, maybe she only have sex to be popular. Who knows?. But now, with the answers the guy got from here, he could do something like dump the poor girl for being too shy or stay in a relationship where he is not happy, or something stupid, because we can not help him (at least i can't).
Sure, i'm not going to deny a young teen an advice or my help, and the poor or much experience i have, i will share it with him as with any one else. But as an adult i feel that also i should warn him about the consecuences or dangers he may face. and not "just cut him some slack".
I think sex can be good (very good
), but is not a game that any one should play, like in any other game, if you are not prepared for it, no matter how good advice you get, you are going to loose.
So, knowledge is power, and every one knows what can happen when the power is in the wrong hands. So, my oppinion is that we should give advice to any one who needs it, but also make notice of the things that can go wrong and be cautios when talking to young people.