The Bird Show. Jeff, we're going to need the voice disguiser for this call.

Ogie doke. And some of the facts here are going to be a little bit off because Ashley, quote, unquote, that's not her real name, is having a real tough time with her dad right now.

And can't quite figure out exactly how to handle it herself. So she's hoping she comes on with us this morning.

And some of you guys, maybe from both perspectives, maybe from like a parent's perspective can give her some advice and also from maybe somebody that's been in the same situation that has parents that really kind of have their thumb on you a little bit, you know? How old is she? Let's ask her. Hey, Ashley. Hi. Hi. You're on the voice disguiser, so there's no way that anybody can

recognize your voice, okay? Okay, great. How old are you? I'm 20. I'll be 21 in a couple of weeks.

Okay. All right, let's start from there. So what's going on? Okay, well, um, a couple weeks ago,

my dad came to me and told me that he wanted me to get our birth control.

And I told him that I didn't need to. I didn't want to. There are several different health

reasons, especially that for people in my family, my cousins have been on it and have had

a lot of problems when they come off of it. And I just don't think that I need to be on it.

And I really don't feel that he trusts me or that he doesn't believe me and I'm just being

stubborn or whatever.

But he's telling me now that either I get on it or I can't go out and stay out on night,

I can't go on vacations.

Once again, how old are you? Almost 21. So you're obviously living in your parents' house. Yeah, because I'm still in school right now. Okay. Okay. Now, do you have a relationship with your mom, or is your dad the primary parent? Yeah, it's just my dad. It's just your dad. Okay, so, okay.

So he's not consulting with your mom on this. parent? Yeah, it's just my dad. It's just your dad. Okay, so, okay.

So he's not consulting with your mom on this.

No, I mean, I have my stepmother and he talks to my stepmother about it, but I

talked to her about it and she feels the same way that he does.

All right.

Have you confided in your parents before that you are sexually active?

No, I'm not. I've never been. I'm still a virgin. You're still a virgin? And you're committed to saving yourself until you're married? Yes. And they know that. Yes. They just don't believe that. Yeah. Okay. Wow. Well, first of all, it certainly sounds like there are some trust issues here.

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