“Then explain the majority of kids who never get pregnant,or get anyone else pregnant before they get married?”
Hi Brytlea, I truly hope you aren’t too disillusioned about what I’m about to say. I type medical reports day in and day out, and I’m still amazed at the number of 12-year-old girls who are being brought in by their mothers for birth control to “help regulate” them.
By the time they’re 14, they’re coming in for a pelvic exam and being warned to always use protection due to STDs. Many don’t heed those warnings and end up being tested for GC/Chlamydia, etc., at a very young age.
Also, their mothers, realizing the risk of HPV with multiple partners (or even one partner if he’s had several partners), are having them vaccinated with Gardisil to help prevent cervical cancer.
It bothers me to know the number of sexual partners these girls (and guys) have by the time they reach college age, but sadly, that’s what’s going on in Smalltown, America.
I understand it goes on (I taught HS in a small town, and in fact taught Health—so these topics came up). I always had at least one incoming freshman with a child and sometimes one with a child who was now pregnant with baby #2. I know this is going on. But it doesn’t have to. When I was growing up it was the rare girl who was having sex in the early teen years, and the rare girl who got pregnant. Clearly something has happened in our culture. And it has been a disaster for everyone involved. We need to focus on the kids who do the right thing. Sex is one of those things, it will always be an are fraught with trouble. But it doesn’t help when the culture says go for it, damned the cosequences! :)
And man, I’m sure your job is depressing! My last teaching assignment was 4th grade at a Christian school. At least none of my charges ever had babies!
The number of people 25 and under on birth control is a little bit ridiculous. In fact, as part of that demographic, I’m pretty sure I’m the *only* female I know that’s not. Don’t get me wrong, birth control is a godsend for people who have actual female-type problems, but a lot of it’s not really necessary. I think it’s just something parents do by the time they send their children off to college because it has the nice effect of rendering you temporarily sterile despite your poor decisions. And let’s face it, who wants to pay tens of thousands of dollars a year just to have their kid drop out because they got pregnant after had one too many and did something stupid?