They have the notion that it is used for protection against unwanted pregnancy, when there are many other benefits. In the book Dr. Spock’s Baby and Child Care, Dr. Spock states, “Does sex education encourage sex? Many parents are afraid that talking about sex with their teenagers will be taken as permission for the teen to have sex. Nothing could be further from the truth. If anything, the more children learn about their sexuality from talking with their parents and teachers and reading accurate books, the less likely they feel compelled to find out for themselves” (2004).
When a teenager feels he or she is ready for sexual intercourse they may be ashamed or afraid of entering a store to purchase contraceptives or condoms and they may fair that if they confront their parent about this, their parents may become disappointed in them or may even become angry with them. So they take the chance of having unprotected sex with their partners. They may feel that because it’s the first time having sex for both partners, they are not unable to contracted any STDS or even conceive a child. Offering condoms in schools helps to educate the students on safe sex practices. It helps them to become more aware of the dangers of unsafe sex, and also help them to make the right sex choices when it comes to sex.
Stories about princesses are read to little girls, while stories of dragons and swords are read to little boys. This socialization of gender roles is reinforced through the family, media and education system. Children in the Hispanic culture learn at a very young age that there are differences between boys and girls. This idea permeates daily life and is encouraged b parents, peers, school, and the media. Little girls learn that they are supposed to like dolls and pink, while little boys learn that they are supposed to like trucks and the color blue.
“[…] while the age of consent has remained the same, the age of knowledge has been hurtling down through the ages”. This tells us that children spend too much time around television and games. The media covers every topic that a parent should be concerned about their child being exposed to including sex, violence, suicide, drinking, drug use, and eating disorders. The media teaches children that they should look and act a certain way in order to be accepted by peers. Dr. Huffman goes on to make another good point: “With schools and parents not always eager to tackle the subject adequately, the media have arguably become the leading sex educator in America today.
“Controversy about sex education” Recently, there has been a great deal of controversy regarding sex education in schools. The debate always exists whether the schools ought to be teaching abstinence sex education or comprehensive sex education. By doing so, I believe the schools are trying to integrate morality into teaching. Regardless of the schools’ preferred method of teaching, it will always be an inferior source of learning when dealing with sex education. Many schools offer abstinence sex education as their method of educating young teens.
Sexting has caused embarrassment and humiliation to other young adults because it seems like a game to others to expose other people through texting. Many people took advantage of a lot of things in life which made life easier to live. Opportunities that we get in life, leads us to challenges and obstacles that we think we cannot overcome but yet there is always a way to solve it. In the website http://www.pcsndreams.com/Pages/Sexting_Statistics.html there are different types of phones that will help the parents to monitor what their children are doing such as the Mobile Spy Cell Phone Monitoring, WebWatcher Mobile Cell Phone Monitoring, Spycalls Mobile Phone Monitoring and CA Mobile Monitoring & Security. These are some of the things that will help the parents resolve some of the problems that are going on with a teenager’s life.
There has been a major breakdown in society where morals and ethics have been heavily compromised because people today have failed to teach this generation right now from wrong. Teens are having sex at these ages because they see it and think it’s alright for them to do it. They have sex because they know that they will get nothing bad out of it. They will use sex as a form to get attention from people. Teen sex is at the age of 17 and younger.
Being able to see sexual acts being done throughout the media can have an affect on teens thinking that having sex will make them cool or popular. Confused but curious teens and preteens who engage in sexual behavior are left feeling used, worthless, and emotionally detached as they are not psychologically ready for these
Heavy drinking during adolescence years, when the brain is still developing causes lasting impairment functions such as memory, coordination, and motor skills. Drinking interferes with good judgments leading adolescents’ intolerable behavior and making the vulnerable to sexual coercion. Adolescence girls who consume alcohol for the same reasons adolescents boys do are faced with challenges boys do not have to experience: for example drinking can delay puberty in girls while abusing alcohol can cause endocrine disorders during puberty. Teenage girls who drinks are more likely to have unprotected sex putting them at an increase risk of pregnancy and sexual transmitted diseases. Statistics have shown each approximately 5,500 young people at the age of twenty-one died of the result of underage drinking; this includes about 2,000 deaths in automobile crashes, 3,000 as a result of homicides and 500 from suicides.
Unfortunately it seems there is more our society can do to help prevent this trend. Drugs are a growing problem with teenagers in our society because parents and the community do not provide enough drug education. Conclusion This trend is in a spiral whirlwind out of control within our youth in society. There are so many educational plans and information to educate the students, parents, school administrators and society as a whole. With the danger explained in detail to teenagers and also teaching how to stand up to peer pressure, this will provide extra assurance and confidence within the teenagers to stand up for their belief in not participating in drugs.