MESSAGES FOR TEEN GIRLS AND BOYS
MESSAGES
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TEEN
For Teen Girls & Boys
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nancy is preventable. In fact, over the past
two decades, teen pregnancy and birth rates
in the U.S. have declined by more than onethird. But progress has slowed and we need
to reach teens now more than ever. Teen
pregnancy is a problem we can solve.
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MESSAGES FOR TEENS:
Three out of ten girls in the United
States get pregnant before age 20. That’s
two thousand girls every day. We have the
highest teen pregnancy and birth rates in the
fully developed world. 1 in 10 babies in the
United States is born to a teen mother. And
it’s 100% preventable.
Preventing teen pregnancy solves a host
of other social problems. It is the most
effective way to reduce child poverty and
improve the lives of this generation and the
next. If more children in this country were
born to parents ready and able to care for
them, we would see lower levels of academic
failure, crime, child abuse and neglect, and
healthier, more successful children and families.
The teen years must be for education
and growing up, not pregnancy and parenthood. Babies need and deserve adult
parents, not parents who are children themselves. All grownups— parents, coaches,
clergy, teachers, relatives, and even media
leaders—must help teens commit to the idea
that teen pregnancy is not okay. We need to
help young people understand that being a
parent is one of the most important things
they will do with their lives, and waiting
until they’re older will help them be the best
parents they can be.
Unlike so many other situations that can
derail an education, put dreams on hold,
change the trajectory of generations of lives,
and shake a family to its core, teen preg-
| Idaho Spring/Summer 2014 | abusemagazine.org
1. Not everyone is doing it. Some are,
some aren’t—and some are lying. In fact,
more than half of high school-aged teens are
virgins. The younger teens are, the less likely
it is that they have had sex. Despite what
most teens think, not everyone is in a rush
to have sex. When asked whether they would
rather lose their virginity as soon as possible
or wait and lose their virginity with someone
they love, three-quarters of teen boys ages
15-18 said they would prefer to wait for a girl
they love. Among teens who have had sex by
age 18, two-thirds say that they wish they
had waited longer.
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2. Thinking “it won’t happen to me”
doesn’t count as protection. Have a plan.
There are only two ways to prevent pregnancy: either don’t have sex at all, or use
protection carefully and correctly every
single time. Plan on one or the other, and
stick to it. Figure out how you will handle a
sexual situation before you’re in the middle
of one. Sex happens—so think about what
you will do when it does: Will you insist on
waiting? How will you say no without hurting
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