PROPOSAL FOR NEW SERVICE OF PREGNANT TEENAGERS

Proposal For New Service Of Pregnant Teenagers



Proposal for new service of pregnant teenagers

When young girl starts playing with dolls, as all girls do, she dreams about one day having her own children. Almost all of these girls will eventually have their dream come true. One million of these girls reach this dream every year. All of those one million girls are teenagers. Every year more and more teenagers are starting to have sex and are getting pregnant. The rates of then pregnancy are skyrocketing, and it is becoming increasing common for a teenager to become pregnant. With all of these girls getting pregnant at such a young age, one has to wonder why are they getting pregnant?

It is hard to understand exactly why teens are becoming pregnant. With all sorts of forms of birth control available, and many are easily accessible, teen girls are still getting pregnant. For some reason information is not getting to these girls. Birth control pills and condoms are extremely easy to get a hold of. Condoms can be bought almost everywhere now, and are not that expensive. Birth control pills can be prescribed through doctors, or even at walk in clinics. Such as planned parenthood. Even with these great options to protect themselves, they don't use it. They don't use it because they don't know the right information about it. In schools, they aren't learning the right information to protect themselves.

The new service teaches about the importance of staying abstinent. Abstinent is staying not sexually active until marriage. In some school they have abstinence clubs, where girls support each other and make pacts to stay abstinent. The values that are being taught using these clubs are very important about staying abstinent is the very best form of birth control, and it helps girls that aren't sexually active to stay that way. But what about the girls that are or want to be sexually active? Sitting in a class learning about something that their not isn't going to get the point across to them that they need to protect themselves. A new program needs to be put in place to teach about not only abstinence but the importance of having safe sex also.

Our educational system is faced with an enormous challenge in helping young people who are the future of our society. They must be guided safely through adolescence, probably the toughest, most emotionally traumatic age of all. Parents want their children to know how to make healthy, responsible choices about sexual issues but don't feel comfortable answering their children's questions. Most parents want their children to learn about sex where they learn about everything else--in school, where their questions can be answered correctly. Schools nationwide should include a course in sex education as part of their regular curriculum, including schools in rural areas which may not have available social services. Parents should do their part by providing more psychological support. Sex education programs should try to learn what facts ...