The parents, the other teens, TV, what?
2006-07-22 02:45:00 · 18 answers · asked by semper_fidelus07 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Adolescent
ok i pretty sure you were a teen when you first had sex if you didn't then you were a big loser
2006-07-22 02:49:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
All of the above. If the parents do not direct the children and counsel them as they grow up they loose direction.
TV has a bad influence because when you watch it you know when something is made up or fake just for the story line but children may not. It becomes real life for them, good or bad.
If you have not taught your children as you should they in turn will teach other children what they think they know. And of course those children will do the same to yours.
The pressure to have sex today on teens is enormous. If they have not been taught all the ramifications, let alone the morality of it, they will go with the flow, "everyone else is doing it why can't I".
Raising children for any generation is a major challenge. Not that it is so hard it's that we have no rule book. Everything comes at us as a surprise. And if we don't handle it right well...........
Having been children ourselves of course is no help. We had no idea that we didn't know anything about anything.
But regardless of outside pressures the most important influence is parents. If you get it right your children will be fine. Get it wrong and they may be a worry for the rest of your life.
About sex. It used to be the only way boys found out about sex was from other boys. Parents could not talk to them. Now you can and there is plenty of help. The sooner the better. The more they know, in their heart about consequences the more likely they can make the right decision. Problem is there is no guarantee.
2006-07-22 10:28:01 · answer #2 · answered by John B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It starts with the parents. We have too many parents trying to be cool friends, rather than teachers and role models. Then we have the society, that teaches that sex is a casual thing that people do for fun, and that there is something wrong with you if you don't. That comes back to the parents who don't counter that influence. Then we have the schools who are supposed to be teaching and preparing our children for life in the real world, but their hands are so tied by outside influences. They can't spank, they can't really use any form of discipline for fear of some parent suing. They don't teach abstinence in sex-ed, because its not practical, and some put condoms in the bathrooms to encourage safe sex. I really don't even want to get started on the toys (i.e. barbie dolls) we have that all but show our girls how to dress so that guys will want you.
2006-07-22 10:09:22 · answer #3 · answered by e_imommy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Society as a whole is to blame for children having sex at younger ages today. Most families need a two income household in order to support their children. This leaves our children on their own entirely too much without supervision. Parents don't talk to their children about sex either out of embarassment or fear of pushing their child in to sex too early. Most children will push their limits by doing things they know they aren't supposed to. If sex is considered a taboo subject, then it's free game to a child in rebellion or that has been left unsupervised for long periods of time.
2006-07-22 10:11:03 · answer #4 · answered by Mary J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think if your a teen and you want to have sex it's okay as long as your going about it the right way and talking to your parents i think parents need to be more involved with there kids and more open with them about it if we cant listen how can they tell us? peer pressure sure theres peer pressure everywhere but if kids are more educated about it then maybe there wouldnt be so many trips to the clinic for abortions i think its just the parents fault
2006-07-22 12:08:45 · answer #5 · answered by cutenwild1769 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a teen, and I don't believe in sex before marriage, so I guess I don't fit your steryotype... I wouldn't blame the parents or the schools, I'd blame their friends, their signifigant others, TV mostly.
2006-07-22 09:53:09 · answer #6 · answered by ooh_rah07 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Peers, and most definetly TV. TV is the biggest influence of teens having sex young. Todays TV industry sells sex. They idolize BS and its sad to see this. TV is destroying our youth. TV shows such as desperate housewives, and all those herbal essence commercials and etc...
2006-07-22 12:53:45 · answer #7 · answered by Phillip R 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its peer pressure I think and the net cause teens usually learn about sex on the net.
2006-07-22 12:23:34 · answer #8 · answered by MetaShadow 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Peer pressure, TV, sometimes the parents(wanting to be a rebel)
2006-07-22 10:13:40 · answer #9 · answered by Taylor Lee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The parents who let them wonder alone at the mall or on the streets.
2006-07-22 10:03:40 · answer #10 · answered by xKarlax 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They themselves are to be blame because they do it out of curiosity. Most of our medium in media have also lots of sex.
2006-07-22 09:52:29 · answer #11 · answered by Tony Tee 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋