Teaching Teenagers To Be Sexually Abstinent

In today’s society immorality is common. About 60% of teens in the United States are sexually active. About 34% of teenage girls become pregnant. Only half of these girls will graduate from high school. Each year 25 million teens–about 25%–are infected with a STD. According to the book, Sex Love and You, teens that engage in premarital sex are likely to experience fear about pregnancy and STDs, regret, guilt, lowered self-respect, fear of commitment, and depression. As a mother of two daughters and a son I find these statistics terrifying. A study completed by Zogby in 2003 found that 79% … Continue reading