A recent study by the CDC revealed that one in four teen girls has a sexually transmitted disease!  The average age of initiation of sex is now between 14 and 15.  According to New York Times columnist David Brooks, young people hit puberty around 13 and many don't get married until they're past 30.  That's two decades of coupling, uncoupling, hooking up, relationships and shopping around... It's a sprawling life stage, and nobody knows the rules. 

I think thats really bad. Sex is meant for just one person and that one person is supposed to be the one you share the rest of your life with. Your sharing your body with that person, and it shouldn't be just anyone. Sex has become so cliche now.

A lot of girls feel pressured to be sexy.  But you don't necessarily have to have sex to be sexy.  Girls are being totally influenced by the wrong messages.  And boys too, but it's all about how we raise our kids these days.

The friend I have known the longest got this girl pregnant a couple years ago. I was able to hang out with her and talk about something and you know what she told me? She said her parents were never there for her as a child and she basically raised herself. She said she wanted to get pregnant to have someone who would always love her and be there with her. Isn't that sad? She is looking for love in all the wrong places. She just wanted a child its sounds like for possession reason. Maybe if parents had more family time things like this wouldn't happen.

Teenagers just dont pay attention to the consequences of their actions. I know I didn't. When I was young and I'd have my share of fun I never once thought that I could get this girl pregnant. I just thought that something like that owuld never happen to me. Thank god it didn't too! But even sexually transmitted diseases I never thought I would get them, I never ever thought of my consequences it just felt like those type of things wouldn't happen to me.

Speaking of youthful sex, have any of you watched that new show on ABC Family-The True Life of an American Teenager or whatever it's called? It's about a 15 yr old girl who gets pregnant. I've only seen parts of a couple episodes and I have mixed feelings about the show. I think it's one of the first to have a teen pregnant and the girl does little clips during commercial breaks saying talk to your parents about sex or parents talk to your children about sex. Do you think we are ready for a show like this? It was only what a month ago that those 12 girls planned on getting pregnant at the same time. We need to do something about this.

Also the movie Juno just came out, and that girl was only 16!  It's like just because the girl was funny and cute, it doesn't make it okay.  And they act like she's doing the right thing by giving it away and being responsible about it.  That movie totally sends the wrong message.  It was a funny movie, the dialogue was hilarious.. But you're right, all of this is too soon and sending mixed messages to teens.

I think those movies may help the girls who have already gotten pregnant. But I really think whether movies like this come out or not teenage girls are still going to be the same.

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Speaking of youthful sex, have any of you watched that new show on ABC Family-The True Life of an American Teenager or whatever it's called? It's about a 15 yr old girl who gets pregnant. I've only seen parts of a couple episodes and I have mixed feelings about the show. I think it's one of the first to have a teen pregnant and the girl does little clips during commercial breaks saying talk to your parents about sex or parents talk to your children about sex. Do you think we are ready for a show like this? It was only what a month ago that those 12 girls planned on getting pregnant at the same time. We need to do something about this.

 

man this was supposed to come on on tuesday and I missed it!!!

Shows on TV make sex seem so normal. Like its a must in a relationship and its wrong. I was watching that show "What I like about you" And she was wondering if since she hasn't had sex with her new boyfriend whom she's been with for a month is wierd. And she was going to do it because she thought its long enough time to wait. I dont think that just because your in a relationship it means your supposed to have sex. Thats wrong. A relationship is supposed to be able having fun with a person being able to be yourself around them, being able to talk to them about anything, your aprtner becomes your best friend. You dont need to have sex to have a relationship but all these shows on TV are making it seem like its wierd if a person doesn't have sex.

I think these shows are short lived and won't stay on the air for very long.  It's probably the same population that watches all of the other sex influenced teeny shows.  There was already a movie about this, everyone saw the movie Juno.  The only thing funny about it was the dialogue, but when I look back, the plot wasn't that great and it could be sending the wrong message to teens.  But it just means we need to make a better effort when talking to our teens about sex and influence them to wait.

Actually those shows do stay on the air for along time and people watch it and keep up with them constantly. That show that she was talking about What I Like About You, has been out for about 5 years. Theres also Grey's Anatomy where the characters have basically all slept with each other, and desperate housewives, also samantha who, that whole show is like about sex. Sex sells and people watch it and they make it seem like sex is a normal thing, that thats what supposed to happen in a relationship but its not. A person shouldn't have sex with a another just because they're in a relationship. They should do it because they want to and they're ready to and they think its right.

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I think this is happen because of less knowledge of precaution about sex.It really bad because young people facing these kind of problem.But they have to take some proper precaution before sexual activity.Other wise they have to face many STD problems.
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