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Why is the age of people having sex getting lower and lower? Children are exposed at young ages to pornographic images and adult situations. Cable television and movies are showing things on a regular basis that twenty years ago were not shown and were considered pornographic. Many parents are allowing the television to raise their children and this is where the children receive their information on sex. The problem is children don't realize the ramifications or dangers of early sexual involvement. Since the majority of the media does not show the consequences of having sex, the young viewers seek the thrill, romance and adventure that the media portrays sex as being. Rather than allowing the media and television to raise their children, parents need to do more parenting, spend more time with their children, talk to their children, and be actively involved in their children's lives.
On average children and teens spend four hours a day watching television not including time spent playing video games, movies, or on the computer. The amount of sexual images that a child can see during these four hours are endless. These are the places where young people receive their ideas about sex, and this a horrible place to start since the consequences of sex are hardly ever shown on these television programs and there is no way they can be shown in such a short amount of time. There is nothing wrong with having sex, it is important to have a realistic knowledge of sex in order to make healthy sexual decisions and what the media shows is not realistic in any way.

In Portland, Maine the school board recently approved a measure to allow middle school students to gain access to prescription birth control medications, without notifying parents. The proposal, from the division of public health, calls for the independently operated health care center at King Middle School to provide a variety of services to students including: immunizations, physical...