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???
2007-01-31 05:51:25 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
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
2007-01-31 06:40:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think alot of parents think that if they don't talk about it that it just won't happen. Well lets just say thank God I had a step sister that informed me because my mom was so shy when it came to that subject that at 16 I thought you could only get pregnant while on your period, well thank God I wasn;t sexually active then. I think parents should be honest and not sugar coat child birth I am 24 and still hear from my mother childbirth isn't that bad.
I feel alot of parents think schools give sex education and they don't need to have the talk. wrong school sugar coat sex education and it's the parents place not the schools anyway.
Lines of communication need to open up, trust established, and people to stop being so shy with their children.
When I thought I was ready to be sexually active I told an adult and they got me on birth control. I think birth control is one great way but I was always told if I wanted to have sex just tell the adults and they would get both of us tested for STD's first.
Open those lines of communication and don't make the children feel as if they can't talk to you.
2007-01-31 06:00:28 · answer #2 · answered by neicee 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
alright, when i was in school, all they had were those stupid little presentations that were made in the 70's. i think to better educate the youth (meaning high school students as well) we need better information. Don't pass out condoms in the schools, it just gives kids the idea that sex is alright, even if they do ues protection. They should also have actual pregnant teenagers (i would be willing to go as i am only 19 and pregnant) go to the schools and talk to the kids.
Parents should not be so shy about talking ot their kids about sex, they will need to find out eventually. And i would have liked it better if i heard it from my parents, rather then my friends.
those are just a couple of my ideas.
2007-01-31 05:58:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes 14 yrs get pregnant, where have you been. The parents normaly working. What should be done is taking 14-18 yrs old to classrooms who have to raise their child on their own because their parents nor their baby's father is in the picture. Parents and schools should talk to kids about having unprotected sex and what could happen. Hell why don't parents put chasity belts on their children until their 18 yrs old.
2007-01-31 06:25:48 · answer #4 · answered by Sweet Pea 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Working parents are not doing the job and this negligence is how 14 year olds get pregnant. Every community must agree on appropriate measures for educating their youth. What is appropriate in San Francisco is not for Omaha.
2007-01-31 06:00:06 · answer #5 · answered by Billy Dee 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You're on the right track, while sex-ed in school is great and all, it really is the primary responsibility of the parents to teach their children about it.
I think we're experiencing a lot of parents that are just letting the schools, and friends, and media do the job for them.
2007-01-31 06:01:41 · answer #6 · answered by daisyk 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋