Did your parents or school teach you about it? I just don't understand why there are so many dumb girls/women, boys/men on here asking "could I be pregnant, what are the chances my gf is pregnant?" How uneducated are we as a society nowadays? I am just surprised how often these questions are asked.
2007-01-23 04:59:45 · 13 answers · asked by justme 6 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Other - Pregnancy & Parenting
I know there are a lot of questions out there on this topic. Some of the people are just being dumb on the internet. My parents never had "the talk"with me either but it wasn't necessarily explainted in a healthy way.
This IS NOT the result of "abstience only" ed. It's the result of children not having a solid family and parents not being involved with their kids. I would bet you that 90% of the people who ask if they're pregnant didn't grow up in a household with solid married parents.
I personally would not allow my kids to have the sex ed program thru the schools but that doesn't mean that I'm not going to tell them anything. The schools explain the physical parts of it and condoms. I want to explain the spiritual, emotional and social ramifications of sex, not just that you wear a magical condom and have no problems- that's A LIE!
2007-01-23 05:25:08 · answer #1 · answered by Trouble's Mama 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its because of george bush and his "no child left behind" agenda. Schools have been forced to cut life sciences education to a bare minimum and are no longer allowed to tech about sex and pregnancy.
In my area of the country kids get a strong no sex before marriage education from their parents and the church, yet are constantly subjected to overly sexualized images of people on the beach.
Combine that with the fact that our bodies were made to conceive at younger agfes than we as a society deem appropriate and you can see where kids don't understand their bodies. Parents think that their young teens are too young to know about the birds and the bees when in fact they have gotten just enough education to be completely uninformed.
Then add in the lack of extended family, now that most americans have moved away from close relatives. Kid's don't see their cousins and aunts and older siblings go through pregnancy so they don;t know the signs like kids in previous decades have. Its also the reason kids are more violent, they don't see the consequences that others have suffered.
2007-01-23 05:53:40 · answer #2 · answered by jettyspagetti 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
. Yes I was taught and I was responsible. -self respect -I think that is what people are lacking. My dad told my sister and I to take our BC pill between our knees HA< HA.
I now have 5 kids having my first in my late 20's.
I totally agree with you though I can not believe all the girls/kids that are asking pregnancy questions. Obviously they have a problem to start with when they are asking us and not talking to a parent. That says allot right there. I totally feel for the unborn child in most cases because they ask about abortion rather than adoption. Just another sign of immaturity I guess, If you are not women enough to take responsibility for your action then you need to really think about not having fun sexually yet. I have 4 girls and 1 boy I will talk to them and explain things the right way because it is not only about getting pregnant there is so much more to it then that. Sexually transmitted diseases.
2007-01-23 05:53:43 · answer #3 · answered by Sassy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is the result of abstinence-only education. People just don't understand that kids WILL do it no matter how much you tell them not to. And they're unprepared and ill-equipped when nothing else is said.
Sex was an open topic in my house. I attended a seminar at Planned Parenthood with my mother, that went over all kinds of birth control, and possible consequences of various choices - right in front of her. It had nothing to do with school. I never had unprotected sex until I was married, and waited until 19 to lose my virginity.
My husband, on the other hand, wasn't told anything by his parents, started having sex at 15 and got his girlfriend pregnant (she had an abortion).
I told my husband if he wasn't comfortable talking to our kids about sex, I'll do it. I got much better results with my Mom's way. I'm even thinking about lesson plans and buying books on the subject. I am NOT leaving them in the hands of the failed 'oh, just dont' do it' idiocy.
2007-01-23 05:15:34 · answer #4 · answered by KC 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was part of the 1%. I took my pill every day on time and didn't take antibiotics so yes you can get pregnant. I was 15 when I got pregnant I'm 17 now and avoid the pill. My doctor said I'm more fertile then most women my age and weight. So I have to use another source of birth control. Be careful and please be safe. Better safe than sorry.
2016-05-24 01:09:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was taught at school to be careful. I was taught at home, to make it short, keep my legs together or I could get pregnant. My mom said to me once when I was 17 that if I couldn't be good, at least be careful and go on the pill. I was a virgin until after I graduated at age 18. I never went on the pill. I was married when I got pregnant. There are so many excuses but the problem is, parents need to be parents. I have legal guardianship over a 24 year old. Even though she didn't fully understand, I started talking to her about this stuff when she was in 4th grade. Her sister was in first grade and I had her listen. Anything the older one didn't understand, the younger one usually could tell her. When they both weren't sure, they came to me and I told them. I agreed that they probably would think this is gross, but I taught them early. I am glad I did. Their "real" mom is married to a man that, when he met them when they were in 8th grade and 5th grade, the 5th grader was able to tell me that he tried to touch her on her chest. The older one was clueless. We stopped them from hugging him. We told the girls to shake his hand. There are reasons to teach are children these things when they are young.
2007-01-23 06:54:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My parents started educating me about this when I was very young. So by the time I had Sex Ed. in school the material we covered was pretty much all review for me, information which supplemented what I already knew. I think without prior coaching from my parents it would have been more confusing and scary. I feel sorry for anyone who never gets advice from the parental figures in their lives, just makes things more difficult later on.
2007-01-23 05:26:19 · answer #7 · answered by freebird 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am 46 years old and was taught about sex from my boyfriend at a skating party when I was 13. My mother did not speak to us girls (4 of us) about it. I have 3 children (2 boys and a girl) and have been open about pretty much everything. My daughter has ALWAYS brought her friends over to "talk". I don't think the problem lies just with this one issue. People just don't communicate with their families. How much do you know about your parents? What is their favorite colors, movies, etc? When/How did they meet?
2007-01-23 05:07:46 · answer #8 · answered by oohmanay 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think I learnt more in the school playground than in class, and my mum didn't ever tell me anything. I think it's not just a case of being uneducated, but just being lazy and not bothering to go to the Family Planning Clinic/Dr/Chemist for birth control.
2007-01-23 05:07:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I was taught at school and home. I know schools teach sex ed and health because my HS daughter is in it. The schools send out permission slips but my daughter says there are a lot of parents out their who don't want the school giving thier children Ideas so they do not give permission they think it is thier job to teach and then they don't because they think it is going to be condoning it which is stupid. anyway I think that is what is happening and parents need to wake up
2007-01-23 05:06:18 · answer #10 · answered by 'lil peanut 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋