Now a day's, there are many forms of Sex Education. Three main forms of sex education being debated on are: Abstinence-Only Programs which are programs that exclusively focus on refraining from all sexual behaviors. For example, they do not necessarily put a condition on when a person might choose to no longer be abstinent. To clarify, Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs are programs which are focused exclusively on refraining from all sexual behaviors outside of the context of a heterosexual marriage. And finally, there’s Comprehensive Sexuality Education which are Sexuality educational programs that build a foundation of knowledge and skills relating to human development, relationships, decision-making, abstinence, contraception, and disease prevention.
Nearly 400,000 teens (15-19 years old) give birth each year in the United States. 45.3% of these pregnancies occurred while using "highly effective" contraceptives. The STD rates seem to blossom each year, even with the use of condoms. Physical issues such as these, and emotional tolls due to sexual intercourse can be avoided with one simple step: Abstinence. Choosing to save yourself for marriage is the only 100% effective way to avoid pregnancy, STDs, and emotional distress due to sex.
➢ Not promote their own personal preferences. ➢ Select health education materials with care. Use of guest presentations that can be value biased, for example, through use of personal stories, an the use of ex-drug users in drug education lessons, must be avoided. Drug Education. Effective drug education is based on the principals of harm minimization and is consistent with the national principles for School Drug Education.
Teenage birth cost Texas taxpayers $1.1 billion in health care, foster care and lost tax revenue in 2010, according to the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy. Texans agree this issue has to be handled but the issue has apparently drawn a line in the sand; should we teach our children/teenagers Abstinence or Comprehensive Sexual education? Abstinence programs strongly encourage abstinence during the teen years, and preferably until marriage. They teach that casual sex at an early age not only poses serious threats of pregnancy and infection by sexually transmitted diseases (STD), but also can undermine an individual's capacity to build loving, intimate relationships as an adult. These programs therefore encourage teen abstinence as a preparation and pathway to healthy adult marriage.
The Texas Education Code explicitly mandates that abstinence from sexual activity always be presented as the preferred choice of behavior in relationships for unmarried persons of school age (Wiley & Wilson, 2009). While most teenagers are in the pre-contemplative stage in which they do not recognize a problem exists with their current behavior, some students can be motivated by fear of becoming pregnant, impregnating their partner, or contracting disease (Euromed Info). This learning motivator exhibited by teenagers must be encompassed into the curriculum in order to reach more teenagers and potentially dramatically impact the teenage pregnancy rates within Odessa
Getting vaccinated can protect young children from many childhood diseases. Children do not have strong enough immune systems to prevent themselves from infection diseases; therefore, doctors recommend that parents should give children vaccines to keep them healthy. In the Frontline video, “The vaccine war: the growing debate over vaccine safety”(April, 27 2010), Dr. Wharton explained that 16 childhood diseases have been prevent, such as polio, measles and rubella. Vaccines reduce the rate of mortality among children. Dr. Offit, in the Frontline video, “The vaccine war: the growing debate over vaccine safety” (April, 27 2010), said that because vaccines are used in childhood, life expectancy has increased by 30 years.
Patricia Kennedy March 8, 2011 EDF 1005 Discovery Paper #4 Zero Tolerance Policies: How Far is too far? Zero tolerance policies are the rules that every school in the county and state must follow. To be completely honest I am not the most knowledgeable about the zero tolerance policies. I have only heard about them and over heard people talking about certain parts. I do know that these policies are taken very seriously.
Another key issue for opposition of the legalization of abortions is examining who in America is having abortions. Studies and reports have found that the highest occurrence of legalized abortion in the United States falls within the age group of under fifteen. The table below shows that females age groups of under fifteen and between fifteen and nineteen years old. This indicates that majority of the women in America terminating unwanted pregnancies are adolescents. Perhaps, society should consider the consequences and repercussions that these adolescents may face without the option of
It is well documented that children in countries throughout the world are both physically and sexually abused within their own families, even though article 19 states that every child is protected by law (UNICEF 2001). Helfer et al., (1997) believes that if we want to make the best decisions, then we need the best information available. However many young people themselves do not believe that they should involve outsiders as testified by Cawson (2002). The NSPCC prevalence study found that only a quarter of people who had experienced sexual abuse as a child told anyone at the time because they were worried they would
(Source of information: Wikipedia's article: Political Positions of Mitt Romney) Abortion: pro-life Capital punishment: against Censorship: against the Fairness Doctrine Child protection: "would propose a "One-Strike, You're Ours" law for child sex offenders convicted of using the Internet to prey on children." Education: supports No Child Left Behind Abstinence education: supports this in public schools Prayer in schools: He was against this in 1994, but in 2007 said ""We ought to allow ceremonies, graduation ceremonies and public events that we have the ability to recognize the Creator." Gas crisis: Wishes to become independent of foreign oil by using alternative fuels as well as domestic reserves of petroleum. Environment\Global warming: Pro-environment; regulation of greenhouse gas emissions through