teenage pregnancy

[mona]

omg..but teenage pregnancy have gone up to much...
teens dont no what reponsibility ie yet they think they do but they don't
responsibility for them is a really big word
pretty much they dont know what the defenition means...
come on i know sex doesnt have an age but
come on CONDOMS
thats why theirs birth control

[mona]

thanks for reading some info.. that some teens need?????????????????????

[Katie]

There's already a thread about this, but I'll give you my opinion anyway.

Telling teens "Use condoms!" or the even less specific "Use birth control!" isn't enough. We need to tell them about all forms of contraception, how effective they are, how to get them, and how to use them. There also needs to be a better understanding of what mature, safe, and responsible means in this context. It does not neccasarily mean waiting until adulthood or waiting. Rather than attempting to put some kind of random answer myself, I'll give you a link to genius YA-Author/Harvard graduate/former sex ed teacher's advice column, where she covers this topic thouroghly:

It is the third question here:
http://michelejaffe.blogspot.com/2006/03/safety-dance.html

And the second here:
http://michelejaffe.blogspot.com/2006/04/go-safe-or-go-home.html