vity teens have statistically (Bond 1). The amount of American adults who promote contraceptive education demonstrate the reality of trying to replace a problem with a "quick solution". Parents and teachers do not care about young teens, and is seen through their advocating of contraceptives, instead of thorough and intimate talks about sex and relationships. These key factors in the roles of our adults have played an important component in the self-destruction of our youth. Unequipped ourselves as older adults, we are crippling ourselves as well as the future of this nation, because of the inadequate sources to obtain the information needed.
             Supplying the information to our teachers and parents is the first step in advancing the education of teens. Abstinence-only programs are directed to prevent teens from engaging in sexual activities, and therefore avoiding any sexually transmitted diseases and getting pregnant. Debra Haffner, the president of Secius, writes, "(t)here is no reason to believe that these claims are true. There are no published studies in the professional literature indicating that abstinence-only programs will result in young people delaying intercourse."(Motamed 2). Introducing teens to abstinence-only programs have not only failed but have also increased the condom usage among sexually active teenagers. Studies show that the government's intervention with sex education defaulted after issuing a $5 million abstinence-only initiative in California (Motamed 2). The movement towards sex education not only did not increase the number of students to abstain, but increased the levels of sexual activity in one school after having participated through the program(Motamed 2). This proves the alarming rate of sexual activities that allure young teens to have sex; the risky behavior and nieve perceptions inserted by the media.
             A balance is essential in the process of teaching proper sex educatio...