Benefits of Condom Distribution in Schools With an extremely high percentage of sexually active teens, the United States holds the title of the highest rate of sexually transmitted diseases, pregnancy, and abortion among teens in North America and Europe. Concerned parents, educators, and heal...

Can Anyone Else Do? Young teenagers in today's day in age are taking on the great responsibility as parents. As foolish as it may sound, it is very true. Statistics show that there are 47 pregnancies for every 1000 teenagers between the ages of 15-19. Teenagers are not realizing the risk t...

Many teenagers now are very sexually active and take the risk that comes with sexual intercourse. There are many consequences that come with having sex. First of all, it can cause pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases and emotional consequences too. (Edelson 50) That is why birth control is an im...

Just Say No The only way of dealing with the wonderful, mysterious and sometimes rather terrifying power of one's sexuality is simply to abstain from expressing it all. Abstinence is the only choice for teens; but they are getting a mixed message from the world. Ads, music, TV, and movies...

The Effects of Teenage Pregnancy The high level of teenage births continues to create numerous problems for social services, parents and the public at large. At the beginning of a new century, reducing teenage childbearing remains a challenge to social scientists, service providers and public off...

Sexual education was introduced to the American public school system in 1913. The superintendent of schools, Ella Flagg Young promoted the teaching of sexual education and implemented sex hygiene lectures in the Chicago, IL School system (Allen 17). The goal then was to reduce social problems such a...

Teen Pregnancy Lens The numbers of teenage pregnancy are very high but when you think about the numbers most could have been prevented with the use of protection. Some people may not afford condoms but if you cannot afford a condom you cannot afford a baby. Children from homes ran by teenage m...

Teenage pregnancy has been a significant issue in our society, today. The number of single teens who become pregnant continually increases dependence on the social welfare system causing a strain on state and local government services, in which we as a society pay taxes to support. There are three...

SEX-EDUCATION VS. ABSTINENCE-ONLY EDUCATION Why is it that even in times like these, when teen pregnancy rates and the transmission of STDs are at their highest, schools all over the United States are continuing to distribute condoms? Instead of teaching kids to wait to have sex, we're bein...

Odds of Teen Pregnancy Teenage pregnancy is a humongous ghost in American society. In spite of the orientation and counseling provided to adolescents, they keep having unsafe sex and getting involved in irresponsible intimate relations. Obviously, classmates and friends' insistence pl...

In 1998, over a quarter of families with children chose to divorce, despite the negative effects on children. And in the past four years, the rate has continued to increase at an alarming rate. As our society more commonly accepts these break-up of marriage vows, the sacredness of them has continued...

Over recent years, it seems that all the efforts to fight teen pregnancy are beginning to pay off. Thanks to the continued dedication of our parents, teachers and community leaders, the young people today have more support and education concerning the dangers, consequences, and challenges of adoles...