When I was in high school, I was on a task force to teach kids the importance of condoms and safe sex practices. This was twenty years ago. What happened? Teen pregnancy is higher than ever, don't teens care?
2007-01-15 22:06:11 · 15 answers · asked by Phillip 4 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Adolescent
unfortunatly teens aren't taught at home about safe sex, the schools try to help but with most teen it goes in one ear and out the other. they think they know it all so why listen to teachers or their parents? its sad but teen girls are usually the ones to think about safe sex but are pressured by boyfriends not to use condems because "they don't feel good", so they don't and of course the inevidable happens. or they are too scared to ask parents about birthcontrol, so they ignore it and hope nothing happens.
2007-01-15 22:36:15 · answer #1 · answered by onyx maiden 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Schools should still be teaching sex ed and passing out the condoms. Many parents complained that all of that was promoting sex and they didn't want it in the schools! What a shame-not teaching it has caused many young children to be pregnant-just look on here any given day and see how many 13 and 14 year olds think they may be pregnant-if someone would of taught them about birth control or let them accept birth control all of that would never happen, parents really need to bring up the subject of sex and diseases to their children-most don't but, then they won''t allow it in school either, who is going to show them.It really needs to be back in the schools.Teens just always think they are invincible and nothing bad can happen to them, I was like that back then too, but luckily I was smart enough .
2007-01-16 03:34:53 · answer #2 · answered by Urchin 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apparently they don't. Also if the parents would stop trying to be a friend to their kids and be the parent and tell them about sex then maybe there wouldn't be such a high risk pregnancies in the USA. And yes as usual the schools have again failed in their responsibilities to teach the students useful information. Schools now a days are so focused on kids learning government, 2 different foreign languages other than English, and other stupid classes that when it comes to sex they don't bother as they don't see the point of teaching that.
2007-01-16 02:54:43 · answer #3 · answered by robedzombiesoul 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In my area I wish they would, I don't care for the "overall statistics" of the country. My city is horrible with teenage pregnancy, and I know it's not lower than it what it used to be. Now in classes you have 2-3 pregnant girls and most of them not in the right grade. If there were programs in place in just my highschool to educate the girls and boys then I know it would completely decrease. I can still remember from personal experience my best friend before she got pregnant asking me "why were condoms so important anyways?" She was in the 9th grade and knew nothing about sex or the consequences and 2 months later found out she was pregnant, she now has a 1 1/2 year old. And this also isn't just about pregnancy, but the risks and spreading of std's and sti's people!
2007-01-16 00:05:23 · answer #4 · answered by mtoWCS09 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Teens care , they are just being simple minded. Usually a girl has sex with her boyfriend cause she wants to show that she loves him and she thinks thats the key to everything. A boy usually (not to be mean) takes it as pride or just wants it. It is not the school's responiblity to teach the kids about safe sex, its there parent's. Their parents , family, and them have to deal with the child they may have, the std, or anything else that will come from it.
2007-01-16 02:25:36 · answer #5 · answered by --; cookie. 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They don't have a legal responsibility. But I think that it's more about not offending a student or their parents. With people of all different cultures going to a school it's hard to find a balance so that this topic gets discussed. I graduated 3 years ago and we never had a formal sexual education class. What they gave us was a "health" class where we talked about CPR and cold/flu symptoms. So I think it's not about if teens care, it's more about the school systems not wanting to offend people so the best way to deal with this issue is to not discuss it.
2007-01-16 02:07:57 · answer #6 · answered by *~*Jon-Jon's Mommy!!*~* 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think condoms should be placed in the school health office where students may obtain them free of charge. Also if any sex ed is taught it must be real sex ed to include birth control methods. Teens are having sex just as much as ever however pregnancy rates are down mostly due to young womens easy access to the pill etc. but condoms should be readily available to help prevent disease and as a secondary back up to the pill.
2007-01-16 01:04:03 · answer #7 · answered by badmikey4 4 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Teens don't listen and follow the advice, some people think they can get pregnant from swallowing sperm. Parents have the responsibility to teach their kids, but most of them (or a vast amount of them) do not bother, or don't know how to teach their kids. Teens think that it won't happen to them, and then there are the teens that get pregnant so they don't have to work, the state gives them a house to live in and they don't want anything else out of their life. Shame really.
2007-01-15 22:14:47 · answer #8 · answered by sparkleythings_4you 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Actually, teen pregnancy is at it's lowest rate in 30 years. And the abortion rate in 2004 was 50% less than it was in 1988. So we are doing something right. I don't think high schools should be responsible for giving out condoms, but I do think sex ed is very important. Knowledge is power.
2007-01-15 22:14:21 · answer #9 · answered by DisIllusioned 5 · 5⤊ 2⤋
i think of the "somebody" that desires to coach those little ones are the mummy and dad. besides the undeniable fact that the subject with it is the mummy and dad the two don't be attentive to the information or don't be attentive to a thank you to coach their infants. intercourse and sexuality remains certainly one of those taboo concern with many human beings. whilst the mummy and dad lack, the accountability then falls on professional educators (i.e. instructors) and the subject with it is they wait too long. in greater cases infants are having intercourse as youthful as 7 years previous and their intercourse ed instructions do not often initiate till they are 11 or 12 (in maximum cases). i think of the respond on your question is all and sundry desires to be on the comparable accord. mom and dad ought to consult with educators and think of of a plan. without this happening destiny generations will proceed to have infants out of wedlock and at youthful a protracted time and much greater regrettably, STD's would be greater common. i'm uncertain what state you reside in yet I plan to get something started up in CA in my city in this very subject rely (I even have 3 little ones, one at college and a couple of under the age of five). God bless
2016-10-31 06:05:50 · answer #10 · answered by arrocha 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋