Teen Birth Rate Up in 26 States in 2006

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The Underground Guide to Teenage Sexuality

The Underground Guide to Teenage Sexuality

These issues continue to impact US society due to politics trumping science, and our culture of selling sex, but avoiding talking about sex.

I used a great resouce to overcome some of my own inhibitions about talking and educating my own kids about sex called, The Underground Guide to Teenage Sexuality. I think it's available in Spanish also. But my teens and I now have a very open relationship to talk about these issues, and I sleep much better at night.

Shocking

Wait, I don't understand. We're preaching abstinence to them, and pregnancy rates are going UP? But my pastor said abstinence-only education would keep kids from having sex, and he wouldn't lie to me, would he?

Act

Everyone who has commented on this seems rather opinionated, but yall seem to agree that teen pregnancy isn't a thing we want for our children.

So instead of writing crazy things on a message bored, why don't we do something about it?

React, and make a difference, things don't change till we all take responsibility and make the change. Hate to be cliche, but when it comes to sex knowledge is power. And I think more than anything these sad statistics show an increased ignorance among our children and a failure on the part of our education system (which quite frankly is more the issue here than weather sex is good or bad).

I don't think throwing Bible verses, or insults at the southern regions of our nation are going to help either.

United we stand, divided we fall.

And in closing I encourage all of you to do something to make the difference you want to see on this topic. Write an email to your senator, organize an educational session for parents of teens about sex, talk to your own children about sex, do whatever you actively can to help and whatever you do don't give up.

new england

Not one state in New England ranks in the top ten for abortion rates of teens. You should actually fact check before jumping to conclusions.

To, Mr. Know Your Bible, Jesus was not conceived by Joseph. Your lunacy is an insult to God and Christians.

It's quite simple, the weather is warm in Mississippi! Girls don't mind getting naked in the back seat of a car, if they can stay warm while doing it!

Abortion Rates

"Teen birth rates for 2006 were lowest in the Northeast ..."

I suppose teen abortion rates were highest in the Northeast also.

Comparing teen birth rates only makes sense if you also include teen abortion rates.

crazy

this things like this is why we need to wrap it up stop making babies

conservative social engneering is paying off

Any surprise that the results are heavily red-state shifted?