Teen Pregnancies

[McDoogle]

I dont know about other parts of the world, but the Uk surtainly has more teen Pregnancies than ever and girls are getting Pregnant at the age of 12!

Personally, they need to do something about it because it really is getting out of hand now. Im damn sure i don't want my kids going to school with kids that have teen parents or for my friends to get pregnant so easily.

Whats your opinion on it? What do u think can help sort it out?

Sorry if its the wrong section, wasn't sure it if should go in here or debates, but I'm sure you'll all agree with me.

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Personally, i hope i don't end up being a parent too soon :S i lost my virginity just a week ago and found out the next day that I'm most likely SUPER fertile like my parents :S

[aznxenocide]

Condoms.

Solves any problem in the world. :p

And better sex education. I know that at least, in some states in the U.S., some states teach abstinence-only sex education, which, of course, is completely futile.

Pregnant at 12? Do girls really go through puberty that early? XD

[negativzero]

i don;t think at that age contraceptin is ever an option. it should be more of educating people about the responsibilities of pregnances at such a young age. not just the financial side, but the social aspect of it.

[McDoogle]

Well i personally know someone at the age of 12 who is pregnant, and you can still get pregnant with condoms, they only work 98% the time.

I was conseaved while my mam was on the pill and my dad was using condoms, so its not impossible.

I know the USA does something like a week where 2 people have to look after a doll to see what rasing a child is like, thats porbbaly the reason they dont have the problem... or do they have it?

[Agmaster]

Pregnancy period is not my thing. Nor am I going to give an opinion on what otehrs should do in relation to it. Hows and ever, economically speaking, higher birth rate == less economic growth, so bear that in mind as you **** around. Literally.

[McDoogle]

lol well im damn sure im gonna be more careful in future, now i know i have a greater possibility of having a child ¬¬ But the schools need to educate them on the responsibilities of having sex and a child, not just tell them how to have sex and a child.

[Riekie]

Okay....only the schools right? Come on...that's one of the lamest things I've ever heard! I am soo glad I am not a high school teacher (my mom is*...*). All parents can say is: heh..isn't that the school's responsibility? and you know what? NO! It's the parents' responsibility, as it is your kid who ***** around.

pfew..glad i got that off my chest.

Kids should think what they're doing..instead of just pleasing themselves when it comes to it. If you really wanna do it use a condom or such.

Aaaaand ofcourse this is in almost every country..only in England/UK it's a rather laaarge problem...perhaps because of the high poverty rate?

[Agmaster]

My solution is simple. Oral sex.

[Shadoblak]

My god, I dont know where to start repping!!
McDoogle for bringing it up and the hilarity of a super fertile family (I too have this curse..)
Reike for stressing parental responsibility or ag for.....Haha well for being AG

I know quite a few people I grew up with getting pregnant now at 18 or 19...And its insane, and its usually because they're careless. At this age, we're in college and sometimes can't afford dinner and books let alone a kid...They need to bring back the propaganda films from the fifties:p

[Rain]

People don't need to change anything.

If people are going to do the "crime" they should be ready to do the "time".

we need to realize that our actions have consequences, and nothing screams mistake like having a kid when your a teen:D:cool:

[Ulquiorra]

My solution is simple. Oral sex.

:rotflmao :rotflmao :rotflmao

i like this suggestion the best.

aanyways...as xeno said. Condoms/Birth Control and better sex ed.

i had a scare when i didnt use a condom this one time...thank god she ended up not being pregnant >.>

[Zelos]

im with Riekie on this. it really is the parent's responsibility to talk to their kids about sex :/

its funny, ever since they added a sex ed class to the school district i went to in high school, the teen pregnancy rate actually went up. its like now they were all aware of it and decided to try it themselves... and after learning about condoms and contraceptives, they thought maybe those things make sex "okay" to do or something.

leave the sex ed to the parents, not the teachers. its too awkward when a teacher talks about it to a room of people half his age anyways...

[Rain]

Zelos- parents telling kids can be just as wierd

the parents are responsible to teach their kids, just as much as any school is, but when a teen gets pregnant it is their responsibility and no one elses. Saying "oh well yea we had sex but i had no clue it'd make a baby" is not an excuse, at least not a good one.

Once a teen is told that sex makes babies then it is soley thier responsibility

[Frosted Heart]

If people are going to do the "crime" they should be ready to do the "time".

we need to realize that our actions have consequences, and nothing screams mistake like having a kid when your a teen:D:cool: Well yes, it's the parents' fault for having a baby, but forcing them to raise the kid, even if they can't financially or emotionally, well I think that's just making the kid suffer for the parents' actions.

Sex ed, both from school and home, would be extremely helpful. But also the rest of society, be it friends, popular media, etc. giving out the message that teen pregnancies is not advisable would also help.

Condoms and contraceptives are not 100% effective. Condoms can break and some antibiotics will negate the effects of the pill. Abstinence is the only sure fire way but, well, I don't think it's gonna happen on a wide scale anytime soon. :rolleyes:

[spacecat]

lol this is is still a debate? haha I have friends who got pregnant while 18 and had the kid, they now have 3 kids and are living happily. My Grandma had my mum when she was 16 and nothing went wrong there also..though I realise things were different then. Really if you don't know the consequences of having sex unprotected these days then you must live under a rock or something :p I reckon McDoogle just made this thread to point out that he finally got laid. Good one Doogle.

[manfan]

im with Riekie on this. it really is the parent's responsibility to talk to their kids about sex :/

its funny, ever since they added a sex ed class to the school district i went to in high school, the teen pregnancy rate actually went up. its like now they were all aware of it and decided to try it themselves... and after learning about condoms and contraceptives, they thought maybe those things make sex "okay" to do or something.

leave the sex ed to the parents, not the teachers. its too awkward when a teacher talks about it to a room of people half his age anyways...
Actually depending on how the sex education is conducted. I think, if these people were to be exposed at the high standard of living, how much spent on baby diapers, baby milk, education savings scheme, house rental, food and transportation services....I'm very sure that they will think twice about having sex. No point of talking about sex, how babies are formed, and prevention of babies methods.....go straight to what will happen if you practice unsafe sex. That and what girls should do when they encounter people who want to force sex on them....some karate defenses, right at their balls.:love

Seriously, boys, everyone of them, including mama and papa's favourite boy needs to be educated with Home Living Skills, to understand that it is not easy to raise a family.

Raising children at young age now and then are two different things. Nowadays, teenage children's babies are given for adoption or for parents to raise as their own.

[Aru-Chii]

I have a friend who has already been pregnant four times in the past three years. She keeps killing the baby though. >_<

Honestly, teenagers getting pregnant is everywhere now. I don't know who to blame, the teenagers or the parents. I believe that teenagers shouldn't be worrying about relationships whatsoever, but that's me. Plus the parents for not talking to them on why to wait 'till marriage to have sex. Some parents don't really care what their children do nowadays, which is another reason why children may be doing stuff like this.

Pretty much, I'm against it. But I sound like a hypocrite since I am a teenager, and most of my friends are into this stuff. >_>;

[gab00n]

There is a commercial here in the US sponsored by the gov that says kids must wait until they are married until they have sex. It stinks of religious overtones. Kids will **** at whatever age they want to, it's best to teach them what can go wrong and how to practice safe sex. The topic of sex is taboo in our culture and that needs to be changed.

My one aunt had a kid when she was a teenager and gave it up for adoption. It is supposed to be some kind of super secret, my cousins don't even know that they have a half sister running about somewhere. The cousins in question are both women and i think telling them when they were young would have been the right thing to do. I'm sure I might accidentally let it slip one day in the not so distant future, they don't really like their mother so it could get quite interesting.

[Alphonse]

Condoms.

Solves any problem in the world. :p

And better sex education. I know that at least, in some states in the U.S., some states teach abstinence-only sex education, which, of course, is completely futile.

Pregnant at 12? Do girls really go through puberty that early? XD

They do. Few but yeah. I know a girl that's like 11 and she's already "developed". What's with the world this days?:p Well yeah. Huge preoblem. A know a girl that's 13. People say she has twins. Wow. Well yeah. Solution is a better education about the subject.

[Babbo]

Agreed that education is prolly one of the few wasy to go at it, but in the end babbo doesn't see how that'll really change anything. Take a look at spain. They age of consent is 13 and yet they have a ridiculously lower incidence of teen pregnancy than the us (or the UK for that matter). In the end you're stuck with you societal standards and you might change things for a bit (Hartford for instance kicked things down to around 380 something teen pregnancies in 2005 it was closer to 700 in the 90s) but it probably won't last (from what babbo's read they predict they'll go up in hartford, which happens to be not only the capitol of CT but is also pretty close to being the teen pregnancy capitol of the US).

And teens are bloody stupid. They would manage to find a way to get pregnant during oral sex >.>

[ezxx]

the situation could be better remedied by the following

1, better education
2. self control
3. Condoms

[manfan]

I say we implement these kids who easily give in to pre-marriage/pre-high school sex, a joint custody to the babies that they procreate. Force them to work outside to support the babies now, preferably in a sweatshop working atmosphere, take their salary and together with their school pocket money(scholarship) allowances and give it to the people who is taking care of the baby (adopted parents, etc). Let them learn that someone have to clean up their irresponsible acts.....so it better be them, since they initiate themselves first. I'm sure in the next time, before they jump on bed with another girl, they will be thinking at least twice.....the money left for them after supporting the child, would just be enough to have one day one meal.:)

It's the only way to stop from acting horny. It's funny.....schoolkid girls get pregnant at an early age.....but working adults in their twenties /thirties / forties in developed countries choose not to have children anymore until they are really financial stable. So, I think parents must instill in them the common money-sense in this world.....that is the next best solution to stop children pregnancies.

Of course, we shouldn't be hard on schoolgirls who get pregnant unwillingly, just go after the responsible males......vasectomy / castration (the really serious offenders).

There is a commercial here in the US sponsored by the gov that says kids must wait until they are married until they have sex. It stinks of religious overtones. Kids will **** at whatever age they want to, it's best to teach them what can go wrong and how to practice safe sex. The topic of sex is taboo in our culture and that needs to be changed.

My one aunt had a kid when she was a teenager and gave it up for adoption. It is supposed to be some kind of super secret, my cousins don't even know that they have a half sister running about somewhere. The cousins in question are both women and i think telling them when they were young would have been the right thing to do. I'm sure I might accidentally let it slip one day in the not so distant future, they don't really like their mother so it could get quite interesting.
Isn't it now, especially in America.....the secularism sentiments is on the rise? And aren't we now complaining about the rise of teenage pregnancy now?

[Babbo]

There is a commercial here in the US sponsored by the gov that says kids must wait until they are married until they have sex. It stinks of religious overtones. Kids will **** at whatever age they want to, it's best to teach them what can go wrong and how to practice safe sex. The topic of sex is taboo in our culture and that needs to be changed.

My one aunt had a kid when she was a teenager and gave it up for adoption. It is supposed to be some kind of super secret, my cousins don't even know that they have a half sister running about somewhere. The cousins in question are both women and i think telling them when they were young would have been the right thing to do. I'm sure I might accidentally let it slip one day in the not so distant future, they don't really like their mother so it could get quite interesting.


Isn't it now, especially in America.....the secularism sentiments is on the rise? And aren't we now complaining about the rise of teenage pregnancy now?


Compared toe Europe? Rofl yeah right. We're prolly the biggest prudes of the civilized world. That aside, despite the possible religious base that such ideas might have,babbo fails to see what's wrong in saying that. Every kid that does wait until he/she marries is less likely to get STDs or have to start raising a child before he/she has a chance to get through college or even high school.

rofl at the thought of sex being taboo in American culture >.<;;

And comparing teenagers now to teenagers even in the seventies (assuming the aunt in question got pregnant around then) is ridiculous. You're talking about people who's parents grew up during the great depression, they barely had a sex talk and their kids were unlikely to either. Babbo's Grandmother was a nurse and she didn't even talk about it. Babbo on the other hand, had the talk when he was in 3rd grade (it mighta been 2nd grade, babbo read a lot back then and when he started getting into novels (was obsessed with Michael Crichton in 2nd grade) the sex scenes left babbo kinda clueless/curious) >.<;;

[Rain]

I'm starting to wonder just how bad teen pregnancies are right now compared to decasde ago.

Yeah we all hear stories now, but unwanted teen pregancies may not happen all that often. It is entirely possible that it has been reduced since the 70's, because back then everything wasn't made as public, and abortion and such may not have been so openly talked about.

[Riekie]

Yeah..it is kinda weird that Americans are the biggest prudes in the world..considering certain movies and all>.<

and rofl at Babbo speaking in 3rd personxD

Btw..I don't see anything wrong with sex after marriage..but hey..that's me. IF they (teens, kids) want to do it I still prefer PARENTS to talk to them about it..or let them read certain things on the internet if the parents are to chicken to talk about it..it might help.

[Babbo]

Yeah..it is kinda weird that Americans are the biggest prudes in the world..considering certain movies and all>.<

and rofl at Babbo speaking in 3rd personxD

Btw..I don't see anything wrong with sex after marriage..but hey..that's me. IF they (teens, kids) want to do it I still prefer PARENTS to talk to them about it..or let them read certain things on the internet if the parents are to chicken to talk about it..it might help.

not in the world man, that goes to all the true theocracies. But if you're talking 1st/2nd world countries we're up there ;D

It's the magic of diversity and sick minds at work <.<

[Rain]

Riekie- lol, your last point is great. Let kids read things on the internet:rotflmao, if BA had an 18+ we could help young people decide whether they are ready for sex or not

[Riekie]

Rain: aren't we helping them already with debating about it?:D

[Rain]

Riekie- thats a good point, but I don't know how much this thread is helping people. Some of our posts completely contradict each other (what else is new:D)

[Tomodachi69]

Haha, teen pregnancies...

"It was her first time, so why'd she get pregnant?"
"We did it underwater!"
"She was on her period!"

I don't remember my sex ed experience very well, but I think that it needs to better emphasize that pregnancy is serious and can happen AT ANY TIME, even with birth control like Plan B, the morning after pill, condoms, etc. At least teens would (hopefully) be more aware of the perpetual risk. Maybe then, they'd think a little more before busy.

Then again, horny kids don't really think XD

My gf and I were pretty careful about sex, but even so, I constantly worried about it and flipped out whenever she had a stomachache or got depressed or had any sort of ailment that COULD be related to preganancy. Luckily, we're in the clear :D

But seriously, I think that maybe kids these days regard condoms and birth control too highly, thinking it always works and junk. It doesn't and perhaps if that fact was weighed in more, teens would consider the possible consequences more.

[manfan]

Rain: aren't we helping them already with debating about it?:D
I thought the original topic is what parents should do to keep away their children from getting pregnant too early?
I'm starting to wonder just how bad teen pregnancies are right now compared to decasde ago.

Yeah we all hear stories now, but unwanted teen pregancies may not happen all that often. It is entirely possible that it has been reduced since the 70's, because back then everything wasn't made as public, and abortion and such may not have been so openly talked about.
Teenage pregnancy, wanted/unwanted is quite a common thing in the past.....womans by the time they are fifties are already greatgrandmothers(I am exaggerating now....at least grandmothers). It's how they deal with the babies born, that differ from time to time. In the past, girls are forced into marriage and take care of the babies, or babies are thrown off via adoption/selling. This time, news about babies found in the toilet, rubbish, outside public compounds, most often dead.....:mad: I don't mind teenagers getting pregnant early, but what they do to the babies, is what that gets me, their irresponsibility to own up their mistakes.....but imo, they are more afraid of telling their parents that they had sex, than telling them that they are expecting arrivals of new lives.


Btw..I don't see anything wrong with sex after marriage..but hey..that's me. IF they (teens, kids) want to do it I still prefer PARENTS to talk to them about it..or let them read certain things on the internet if the parents are to chicken to talk about it..it might help.
I'm all up for sex education, just think the syllabules are just not appropriate. Emphasize on the aftermaths, what sex do to them, and how their lives would change, if something bad happen during sex (pregnancies, std, etc).....not just sex.

Don't know whether it's the duty of the parents / teachers more....but then I think it's should be a holistic approach to the matter. Kids must be taught at an early age, something like......your identity is not found in the gender, love your body, love your life, etc....love money. If parents don't want to talk about sex to their children, then talk about everything else.

[StarryInoueSky]

Condoms.

Solves any problem in the world. :p

That is a problem solver... sad thing is that people don't think with their head... :headscratch


Pregnant at 12? Do girls really go through puberty that early? XD

Where I work, we get girls from age 11 going to apply for aid 'cause they're pregnant. I did not believe that until I actually saw one. It's sad but it's the truth. So many girls from the age of 12 - 17 apply for aid daily where I work and it's sad. And even though people advertise condoms and safe sex and stuff, they still don't listen. :notrust

[Escobar]

condoms are your friend

buy it

use it

live it

I mean, i don't really know what else to say about this situation that hasn't already been said. The birth of life is a beautiful, wonderful thing, but even some people in their later ages have problems taking care of the child(financially, emotionally, whatever)...now imagine a teenager with no finances, is still growing emotionally and is still in school and far away from completing it? it's not a good situation to be in but i know people who have made it work

i guess what im trying to say is, if it happens, congratulations, but it would be wise to use a condom and hold off on it..because you still have your life ahead of you and, you want to fully care for the child when the time comes..not be struggling to get it it's formula and diapers and so on..

[Who]

Kids are bound to have start having sex in their teens. Health classes that teach more then abstince only help to keep them more safe and knowledged in my opinion though.

[Bleu]

I think the partial blame is the media and how they portray sex. Today we have many shows on tv and many movies surrounding around teenage life. Certainly the 90's generation and the late 80's have definetly been affected by the media because many movies surrounding sexual life ect have arose. Therefor, children grow up believing that this is perfectly normal to be having sex when your young, because people have portrayed it that way. When i lived in the UK pregnancy was a hot debate there, which was about 5 years ago, and it becomes more of a moral/religious debate more than anything. Devote christians/catholics are usually brought up under the impression that sex is basically your honeymoon, the expression i think is "Crimson Hotel Sheets" Even religious beliefs do not get to alot of teenagers today.

Im 15, and in my personal experiences in school ect, i believe that These teen pregnencies could be a lashing out and a "statement". Many people i know believe that sex makes them appear more mature and dare i say, "cool".

Food and other items these days have lowered the age of puberity. Its not that we are getting healthier per-say, but its almost the opposite affect as junky and fatty foods can affect your body and your mind

Condoms should be administered for free in Local Clinics and School Clinics. To avoid embarrasement, they could be left in a basket just to pick one up or leave without asking. They have sex-education classes, but i believe that they should have seminars on teen pregnancy, the dangers of sex ect. Scare the kids silly until they would prefer abstinence for a long time. Seminars should include the dangers of pregnancy,STDS, Being a mommy in your 9th year class and juggling studies and a baby. The matter needs to be addressed so we can ensure our future, because the children ARE our future.. we need to keep the kids in the school and out of the pregnancy ward in the hospital.

Its not only the parents problem, but the society as a whole. Though like Riekie pointed out, the parents are a huge role in telling your kids about this. My parents never told me anything about sex or the dangers, because my school taught me. As an education-geek i listened and learned that way, but just like learning mathematics, theres always a certain method that sticks in your brain. Parents and the school should focus on educating their children about the subject, or else instead of little girls comparing dolls in the classroom, they will be comparing babies.

[negativzero]

I personally think we're all past the stage when sex education should be about the birds and the bees anymore. Since teens mostly learn them even before they step into sex ed class nowadays.
Rather, we should be at the point where we teach teens the issues to be dealt with with premarital sex and stuff like that, and I don't mean just contraception, but more of the responsibilities of getting pregnant early and the things one has to cope with, how young moms and their kids are looked at in society and stuff like that.

[Adam]

At the end of the day, there's basically two things a country can do to reduce teen pregnancies. Either be very open about sex and strongly promote safe sex to kids at a young age(this is what they do in the Netherlands, and it's highly effective), or the society can strongly discourage teens from dating--as a measure to prevent them from even having sex (that's what they do in Japan, and it works). These are the opposing ends of the spectrum, and a country needs to pick one extreme or the other if they want to keep the teen pregnancy rate as low as possible.

About the worst thing a country can do is try and sit of the middle of these two extremes, which is what the United States is currently doing and is the reason the US has such a high teen pregnancy rate. Got to make a choice.

[jikennosamurai]

you know, they used to sew girls hu-ha's closed pre-puberty to prevent this sort of thing and everyone thought it was terrible. but isn't an 11 pregant worse. what to do, what to do.
i had a talk with my 13 year old brother after watching scrubs one day, and explained to him how tv shows ratings work. and that characters saying "i can't imagine a world with no sex, [it would be so dismal]" was a device to get people to tune in for future episodes and in no way should be used to construe reality. life with sex is dismal too XD
people need to stop making and buying clothes to make the jailbait attractive. that'll solve the problem ^^
more yellow polkadot ugly-a** dresses!

[Primera Espada]

my bro in law (before he became my bro in law, if that tells you anything) has said the following.

"Well she didn't get pregnant all the times we had sex using a condom, so I didn't think we needed it anymore"

.............................................

So when I say that education is the key, I don't just mean sex ed, I mean teaching your children NOT to be ****in STUPID.

Teach them how to be good, upstanding citizens.

Teach them how to have pride in yourself.

Teach them why inhibitions are there in the first place.

Teach them why hedonism is inherently bad (in terms of, causes things you don't want to happen)

my family was a bit diff than the norm. After having so many children, my parents were much older than most parents by the time their last kid was a teenager, and thus were a little too comfortable. They raised several others that all made the right choice. Why wouldn't this one do the same?

Maybe cause this one never wanted to be like any of the others. Didn't see that coming.

Honestly, the rise in hedonistic behavior in teenagers is the main problem. It always has been. Whenever people get lazy, and lack *real* repercussions in most things (i.e. the government helps them out financially if they screw up and have kids, and prior to being 18, most crimes you get out of with a slap on the wrist, etc) they start not caring. They let themselves degrade.

They see a girl they think is hot and think "Let's go have sex with her!" cause they don't have anyone there to smack them upside the head and say "don't be a he-whore, bro"

So next time your teenage friend thinks about having sex with some random person, or some short lived girlfriend (anything less than 6 months generally = bad idea) smack them upside the head!

That's right!

Violence! The answer to teenage pregnancy.

Edit: I'd also like to point out that the teenage pregnancy rate in the US, while the highest in the world, has gone down 20 points in the past 30 years.

I would like to see other countries, and where they were 30 years ago, that could help better determine if their practices are to be used or not. Cause some things are cultural, and a result of many generations and general upbringing. Do you have the stats on the netherlands?

[tari101190]

i'm in the uk and i found out 2 girls arom my secobdary school (high school i guess...) are now pregnant. i only left the school a few months ago too. i'm not sure who they are, but that entire year group ofthe school were like the worst ofthe school. so when i found out 2 girls were pregnant i wassuprised kinda, but i wasn't suprised considering their reputation already.

weird thing is that a girl, a good-ish girl, in my class now, who also went to that same old school, had sex with her boyfriend. they broke up soon afterwards. when i found out i was just felt sorry for her. ppl used to say stuff like that would happen, but she did 't believe he was like that.

oh, that girl isn't pregnant, but it just seems kinda relavent. like say she did get pregant now after that. what would happen? they broke up, buttheres a baby, not the ideal situation for a new baby i say.


"Well she didn't get pregnant all the times we had sex using a condom, so I didn't think we needed it anymore."
ok...this is...i dunno. just hope that guy knows more about sex/condoms etc in more detail now.

i dn't think i heard of anyone saying something like this b4 when i think about it. your bro in law must be older than like some1 like me atleast, and yet doesn't know enough sex? thats just bad i think.

i think parents/schools etc do need to educate the kids to some extent, but its not gonna do much in my opinion. you can easily tell someone all about sex, they could still endp doing it. it just depends on the person maybe. maybe they way parentsraise their chiildren will have an affect, although i think its how they indirectly raise them...that doesn't make much sense but i'll try explain. like you can directly tell/teach a child somethin and they'll be aware of it, doesn't mean thy'll listen to it. i think its more to do with the atmosphere and the way the parent acts around the child which will influence them. like in theory a parent may not teach the child about sex at all, but raise them in a 'good' environment at home, or at school etc, which will let them know that having sex too young or wateva can led to ppregnancy, that sorta thing. (i kinda lost track of what i was sayin a bit...)


I think the partial blame is the media and how they portray sex.
i agree with this kinda. cos the environment you live in won't just be dependant on your parents, but tv, school/social life stuff like that.

i guess the parents could just sheild the children from as much media as possible, or just let them know the parts which are bad-ish.

ok mst ofthis eems a little off track and maybe confusing and stuff sorry. i just wanted to, to try atleast, express my views.

it can all tie into teen pregnancy stuff anyway.

i was gonna write somethin else but i 4got..

[07Janina07]

Whenever a girl gets pregnant I always think: Where are the parents? Didn't the parents think of telling this child that she should use protection and take the pill?

I always say that this problem does not extend from the media or the school, but from the home! If you teach your child accordingly and teach them that while sex may feel good it can also get (if you're a man, your partner pregnant) you pregnant and that following your urges are not always in your best interest.

Girls should learned that if a guy says "If you love me you would sleep with me" to tell them "If you love me you will wait and use your hand!"

And guys who think nothing will happened should go ahead and make use of their hands.

My advice to girls is: Having sex too young is not good, you need mental maturity to have sex and you have your hand, use it hon.

My advice to guys is: Think a litle bit more about your girlfriend and not so much about your dick! And use your hands, they are there for a reason!

[speedphantom]

My my:p very specific advice XD.

Its just plain stupidity not to use the necessary precautions to prevent these things from happening. Simple as that. Can't say you don't know the consequences ><

I haven't heard about these sorts of things much in Australia, not really heard of and if it is it'd be quite rare for it to be reported in the media. I'm sure it happens though, happens everywhere.

[07Janina07]

You have to tell kids the hard facts! Its life man, people need to know that out there you have to take care of yourself!

And yes speedphantom not using the right protection is just stupidity! Its not like this kids don't know what to use or where to get it and more importantly what will happened if you don't use it!

People's stupidity makes me angry!

[speedphantom]

I guess there's no cure for stupidity. If parents aren't aware of these things then there's nothing the children can do. Its such common sense and if people don't observe it then they're destined for bad things.

Real crappy deal being the girl, just because you're a girl you just get stuck with the unwanted child and the guy can just disappear.

They should make teens sign a contract, "I will use protection or else........." and have them turned into eunuchs if they break it:p thats sure to work XD