13 year old dad?!

Okay, so I realize that this didn't take place in the United States; it was in Europe. But this is CRAZY. It just really grabbed my attention because he just looks so young. It made me really want to make a change because I don't want teenagers, especially as young as thirteen years old, to go through the hardships of being a teen parent.

Now, this is my little ending note. This will be the last post on my blog. However, if anyone has any questions/comments I would love to hear them because I will continue to check this periodically. This issue is something that I really care about and I would like to see a change. So, I hope that you all have ta ken something from my blog. And I also hope that everyone at least knows how big of a problem teenage pregnancy is.

Thanks for reading my blog guys! :) Bye!

Pregnant teen celebrities

As you all probably know, Jamie Lynn Spears (actress and little sister to the singer Britney Spears) got pregnant as a teenager, as well as Bristol Palin (daughter of Gov. Sarah Palin.) Are these teenagers making pregnancy seem "glamorous" to other teenagers? Some people would say yes. I would have to agree as well. Because, they make it seem easy...like they can still graduate from high school, have fun with their friends, etc. However, that is the case at all of teenagers who become pregnant. I think that these celebrities should make sure that the teens who look up to them know how hard it is to be a teen parent... and obviously shouldn't take pictures holding their babies with their graduation cap and gown on. It just sends the wrong message.

Teenage pregnancy cartoons

Okay, so I had to do it. I looked up some teenage pregnancy cartoons and thought I'd share! 

While these cartoons may be lighthearted, they still are expressing the problem of teenage pregnancy!

Hope yall enjoyed!

is teaching sex ed a crime??

I found this interesting news clip about a Wisconsin district attorney who states that teachers who teach sex ed should be arrested. Wisconsin had just decided to teach a sex education program that taught the importance of contraceptives, and this district attorney believes that it encourages the teenagers to have sex.

This is yet another clip that shows how we need to step up & take action to provide the correct kind of sex education & make sure that we protect our teenagers from making uninformed decisions. Like I pointed out before, sex ed must teach about contraceptives if we wish the teenage birth rate to decline.

Want to make a change?

Well, HOPEFULLY, after reading my blog you are convinced that teenage pregnancy is a real problem in the United States and that we need proper sex education to help decrease the rates of teenage pregnancy.


If you feel this way, you can actually volunteer to teach sex education. I didn’t know that until I looked up what I can do to make a change on the Planned Parenthood website.

In order to be an effective volunteer and give the best sex education possible, you need to do the following things:

Assess the needs of the county in which you are teaching. Is there a high rate of teenage pregnancy? What has been taught in this county before? These things are important because you may need to stress some aspects of the sex education a more than others, but they all need to be taught.

You will also need to research and give medically accurate information on sex education. Make sure you give out all the information that is needed to prevent pregnancy.

Develop a lesson plan and organize the information that way you will the students attention because this information is vital to them!

If you volunteer to be a sex education teacher, you will be making a huge change in our society because teenagers today need teachers who are going to give them accurate information so that they can make the right choices.

Well guys, that’s about it for today. I have to start studying for my finals since they are right around the corner. The next couple of posts, I am going to be wrapping this blog up because I have covered all the information that I wanted to give. :)

what our sex education teachers are really teaching

I found this graph that represents what sex education teachers think should be taught and what they really teach. The part that astounded me the most about this information was the condom use part. It says that about 80% of sex education teachers believe that condom use should be taught and yet only around 50% actually teach it. It also surprises me that less than 80% teach about birth control. I believe that 100% should teach all of these areas.

 I think that this information is a good indicator of why are teenage birth rates are so high. We need to make sure that our sex education teachers are teaching the facts about everything involving sex, not just some things!

You can find this chart and other information here.

ridiculous

I think this pretty much sums up alot about why abstinence only is not working. It is basically filling teenagers heads with information to scare them from having sex. It does give out the real information about what to do if you do have sex, which statistics shows that many teenagers do. Also, trying to scare teenagers from having sex does not usually work in the long run... and when it fails to work, these teenagers have no knowledge about birth control or contraceptives. Texas particulary has a problem with this. It has the third highest rate of teenage pregnancy in the U.S. And in most areas of Texas, abstinence only is widely taught. Virginity ads can been found all over the T.V, and virginitry rallies and events are held with dozens upon dozens making virginity pledges.

Well, obviously.. this is NOT working. I guess the virginity pledges are not being kept for too long. This should be an indicator that it is time to let comprehensive sex ed step in.