Keisha Mck.
I feel that sex education should be taught in public schools. Teenager need to be provided lessons in abstinence plus. While, I understand the concerns parent may have about abstinence –plus; we need to take another approach to reduce the teen pregnancies. According to the Texas Department of State Health Services [DSHS], (2009) Medicaid paid for 173,226 in deliveries which cost us approximately $420 million. Teen mothers age 13-17 account for 10% of these deliveries at a cost of 41 million (DSHS, 2009). While reviewing the statistics on family planning I was shock to see; “every 10 minutes a teen in Texas gets pregnant, every 10 hours a 14-year-old teen gets pregnant, every 3 hours a 15-year-old teen gets pregnant, and every 10 minutes a teen gives birth”(DSHS, 2009). Teenager needs to be informed on sexual health and they need to know all their options. I do not see the harm in teaching sex education and I do not see the harm in abstinence plus. Not everyone have a parent or guardian that is open to this discussion. I would prefer the education come from a trained educator and not another uninformed peer.
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Hi Keisha,
ReplyDeleteReading through all these statistics makes my head spin. I knew teen preganancy was bad, but not that bad. This is very informative and I have to agree with you that Public Schools should teach abstinence plus. Even though abstinence should be the way, this is 2010 and we have to deal with teen pregnancies. Maybe, if these teens go through a class where they are taught about all the consequences of having sex before marriage and not being safe then maybe teen pregnancies and the passing of STD's can slow and maybe even stop all together. Wishful thinking I guess. Great post.
Shenita.
Hey Keisha,
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comments on my blog :) I really enjoyed reading yours as well. You shed some light on a topic I just mentioned-teen pregnancy. I like the detail you went into with it and it made your post very informative. Teen pregnancy is a serious subject. Thank you for all of those statistics as disheartening as it is to read, it's so important to know what we are up against. Personally, I like some reality TV shows and the one about teen moms, "16 and Pregnant", is pretty good. Hard to watch most of the time, but I feel it's still getting the word out. It seems to be one way the media is enlightening people that once the novelty of a newborn wears off, there is hard work and sleepless nights etc. Becoming a teen mom is certainly not the best choice nor easy...same for teen dads too! I'm right with you on sex-ed in the schools! Thanks for tackling this subject in your post-great job! ~Heather Noe
Hello Keisha,
ReplyDeleteI think you presented an enough statistics to remind us that teenagers are participating in risky sexual activity. I would like to see some data about what teens know about sex. Sex education has been in the school curriculum to some extent for many years, yet it does not seem that all adolescents understand and are able to apply the information they receive. The teen years are a busy time emotionally and physically. I beleive that in addition to education accountability programs between teens their parents, peers , and community need to established to help them apply the knowledge they receive in class.
Linda
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