Many schools incorporate sex education into the curriculum, however sometimes questions are left unanswered for teens, leading them to inference information about sex and pregnancy. Therefore, parents take on the primary responsibility of pregnancy education for their teens. Be sure to have the conversation early on in their adolescence, when you feel their social interactions …
About 80 percent of teen pregnancies are unplanned and most of them can lead to feelings of crisis and panic. Many teens may not know what options and resources are available to them and may benefit from talking to a Pregnancy Option Counselor. Other teens may benefit from talking to a counselor about managing the …
Teenagers are the same as everyone else, because they want to be loved, respected and cared for. Preventing teenage pregnancy does not begin when a child enters puberty, but that is when most adults realize the “sudden onset” of the possibilities of teenage pregnancy. Preventing teenage pregnancy begins when a child is young, because that …
Finding out that a teenager is pregnant is not all that unusual. Because teenagers are not at an age where discernment is necessarily a strong point, many girls end up pregnant during their teenage years. Perhaps there are many that you never hear about because they end up aborting the baby. Pregnancy counseling is a …
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Teenage years are supposed to be the years when teenagers start learning to be mature. During these years, teenagers learn how to be responsible when dealing with various aspects of life. This is the period where teenage girls start to bloom and teenage boys learn to become a man. Teenage years are also the time …
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According to the most recent statistical data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, rates of teenage pregnancy in the U.S. are at an historic low. Still, more than 300,000 babies are born each year to young women, 15-19 years of age. Of course, these are live births; calculating pregnancy termination rates for …
We are living in a world today, a world with innovation and liberty. It is a fact that the new generation is always on the stage of discovery. They tend to try different things especially when it comes to sex; we must admit that teens are curious about it. Statistics say that the rate of …
Preventing teenage pregnancy begins with education and choice. The education component is often explained in schools with textbooks and teachers explaining the mechanics of sexual intercourse. Then there is the entertainment industry’s education of sex, summed up in the images and words today’s teens are exposed to that glorify sexual intercourse; the ads and songs …
Each year, more than 300,000 babies are born to teenage mothers between the ages of 15-19. While this represents a historically low teenage pregnancy rate, that is likely of little comfort to parents who learn their teenager is pregnant. You may feel scared, anxious and even sad; know your teenager has felt all of these …
Did You Know: According to the latest teenage pregnancy statistics 3 in 10 girls in the United States gets pregnant before age 20. Finally Some Good News – Teen Pregnancy Could it be? Good news about teen pregnancy rates? According to the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, teen pregnancy rates in the …
