How can we better educate our youth about the responsibilities & consequences of having sex?

Question

What do you think needs to be done to better educate the youth of today about the consequences and responsibilities of having sex. I think that if more parents educated their children better on sex then there would be less teen pregnancies. Also I think that some of these parents need to spend time with their kids and be there for them. I really wish there was a way that we all could help protect again the ignorance today that our children have towards sex and how to better educate them and let them know what can come of it. I think if more parents kept a closer eye on their kids then this also wouldn't be happening.

I MEAN HOW DOES A 14 YEAR OLD GET PREGNANT SERIOUSLY WHERE ARE THE PARENTS AT???

Answer 1

Unfortunately it is a fact of life that most parents have to work. When I was a teenager I remember getting into trouble after school, when my parents were at work. Or, skipping school while they were at work. Now, as a woman and a mother, I am going to be sure to instill a sense of self-respect and hopefully self-esteem that will help my daughter to say "no". I became sexually active at 15 and I know the biggest part of that was because I was to afraid to say "no". Whenever I liked a boy, I wanted him to like me back. I was always afraid he would not like me if I said "no".

However, it is not enough to just say have self-respect and don't do it. Teenagers fall in love all the time. Love when you are a teenager is so intense that my daughter may want to become sexually active with a boy she falls in love with. I would hope that she would choose to wait and would come talk to me about it first, but there is no guarantee of that. That's why it is also important for me to teach her how easy it is to make a baby and how much your life changes once you do. I will need to educate her about birth control and s.t.d.'s as a fact of life and that way I at least know she is armed with this information if she does decide to go against my wishes.

But, I am lucky. I am a stay at home mom because we are able to afford it. Being at home, I think it will be easier for me to keep track of my teenagers and to keep them busy after school. Also, I will be able to volunteer at the school a lot so that I can get a better idea of what is going on.

As far as I know, this is the best I can do.

Answer 2

Before adults can better educate their children on this they should first educate themselves. Now a days so many parents just try to avoid this and thus making them grandparents before they want. I think if parents taught about sex when the child is able to understand and make it to where the child is aware that a girl could get pregnant at any time of the month with even the most minuscule amount of sperm and what not instead of rushing out and just putting their kids on birth control this would help out a lot. So many parents should just step up and take the responsibility that if they don't do it this is going to create a vicious pattern down the road that may never end

Answer 3

A good start would be to have better education in school about birth control, the cost of raising a child, and std's. Some schools still teach abstinance only, not knowing about sex will only cause more problems. Not every parent teaches their kids about sex, they rely on schools to do it. Even knowing everything possible about sex teens will still be doing it. Try to keep them from getting the chance and they will still find a way. Even though it sounds like the wrong thing to do and some people may hate me for saying this, but that is why teens should be given easy access to condoms. Not being able to get them won't necessairly stop anyone from having sex, but having them there when they need them might make them more likely to use them. Boys expecially should be taught to use condoms because they are the ones who need to put them on and more likely to not want to use them. And watching teens more might give them less opportunities to have sex, but they will always find a way. Keep in mind that not all parents are opposed to their kids having sex, or are around every single minute that their kids are home. So just because someone tries their hardest to keep their kid from having sex doesn't mean they can't just go to their boyfriends or girlfriends house and do it there.

If they really want to they will find a way so they should definately learn about condoms. No sex may be better than safe sex, but safe sex is still better than unprotected sex.

Answer 4

These 14 year old girls are getting pregnant by boys so we need to ask where all those parents are! I think society places stigmas on boys where it's "OK" to have sex and is in fact manly. While a girl has sex and she's a S**t.
Parents are not doing there jobs. I know, a lot of them have to work and what not but still how long does it take to talk to your child? People need to realize that it doesn't take much to show their children love...it's very simple. Children who feel loved and wanted in the home are much less likely to have babies at a young age. Many times you hear the young girl say "I just wanted someone who would love me no matter what" What they don't realize is that babies are in constant need of something and don't really show love, not at least until they are a bit older. But children always need something and teens don't get that. They don't have the maturity it takes to understand how important it is to wait and with out proper adult attention they won't.

Answer 5

i think that sex education needs to be taught more in schools than it is now. the reason why young teens get pregnant is because of a couple of reasons.

1. there parents do not really care about them so they seek the so called love and affection from a boyfriend which leads to pregnancy.

2. they don't know and understand the effects of having children at a young age.

parents do need to spend more time discussing this with their children. it would help so much. it is truly unfortunate and sad to see just how many teenagers mess up their life. hopefully someday this will change.

Answer 6

It needs to start in school. This where it starts. And yes parents need to educate their children. But most of the time they are out busting their *** to support their children. If we could allow children to start learning sex ed in grade school about 7th grade then I think teen pregnancies would drop alot. If they could see how babies are born and all the pain that is involved and how it effects their lives to have a baby at a young age it would make them see it is not all fun and games. If they could see what a STD actually looks like and how sick it can make them.. don't you think that it would scare them. Show them how a person from looks while dying from AIDS and see what happens. I know if this were something I learned in a early age I would have waited til I was at least out of high school to have sex. Don't just show them a film on it.. make it a actual class and grade them on it. Birth control should not make a child laugh or embarrassed.. it should make them realize that sex can hurt you. And you should use birth control at all times.. even if you think you love them.

Answer 7

That may take a while.

Seeing as we have to educate the parents first.

Like you said, "seriously, wher are the partents at?" They are not around. Some of the parents of these young girls did the exact same thing, and it's just a thing of growing up to them. They don't see any harm in it.

But, I think it starts with the parents. Then, the school systems. Instead of teaching so much about having protected sex, they need to revert back to the days they taught about no sex before marriage all together.

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I really hope this helped!

Answer 8

parent, working, to busy and divorce, addiction, to strict ect... I have 6 kids 2 teens, 18 boy and 16 girl ,10 girl and a 5 and twins boys 3. I don't work, thank GOD .We go to church and have a very open and trusting relationship with the kids . They tell me everything. Sometimes I don't like what hear it. I ask them what think about what they do and feel about it. Both my teen have had sex. 18 boys said 2 times. 2 girls, 1is pregnant (not his). 16 said 2 boys. She not having sex anymore , NO BOYFRIENDS NO PROBLEMS. I do know that, I have met 2 girls pregnant 16 &17 years old.(friends of daughter) and other girl only 14. It makes me bad.

Answer 9

I did not read all of what you stated, but I agreed with it for the most part. I think what they should do is practice abstinence till marriage. That's what I'm doing. They (the parents) should have religious beliefs put on their kids. And that just because you lust after someone and have "hormones going crazy" it does not mean they should act upon it. If they practice self control, they'll be more able to handle adult life with confidence.

Answer 10

You know that it is not always the parents fault that their children get pregnant at a young age my parents were really good parents and i did as a teen get pregnant twice. even though i was young i would never blame it on my parents. i think that it does not matter what they know about sex they will do it anyways so i think that we should just keep educating our children and hope that they will be smart and listen to their parents and their loved ones