Sex education for adolescents: An urgent task
By Andrea Garcia
EDI 17 Psychology & Development of Adolescent Students
School of Education
Long Island University, C. W. Post
April 10, 2009
I really enjoyed our class discussion today. It is interesting to hear each other’s opinions. I think that teenagers believe that they are more mature than they really are and take on things that they are not mature enough to handle. As much as we try to encourage safe sex, I think it is rare that adolescents are actually practicing it EVERY TIME. Many adolescents do not use protection while performing oral sex, because they do not believe they can contract diseases. And when it comes to pregnancy, teens are not financially or mentally prepared for a life changing event like that.
Teenagers are very sexually active. Girls are becoming sexually active at younger and younger ages. I hear the craziest things from mothers at my job. Girls are now wearing different color rubber bracelets, each color represents how far they have gone with a boy. I have heard of fifth graders performing oral sex on each other. It is really getting out of hand! Parents need to talk with their children and support them with whatever decisions they make. For example, my mom showed me where Planned Parenthood was and took me to the gynecologist to get birth control.
Long Island University, C. W. Post
April 10, 2009
I really enjoyed our class discussion today. It is interesting to hear each other’s opinions. I think that teenagers believe that they are more mature than they really are and take on things that they are not mature enough to handle. As much as we try to encourage safe sex, I think it is rare that adolescents are actually practicing it EVERY TIME. Many adolescents do not use protection while performing oral sex, because they do not believe they can contract diseases. And when it comes to pregnancy, teens are not financially or mentally prepared for a life changing event like that.
Teenagers are very sexually active. Girls are becoming sexually active at younger and younger ages. I hear the craziest things from mothers at my job. Girls are now wearing different color rubber bracelets, each color represents how far they have gone with a boy. I have heard of fifth graders performing oral sex on each other. It is really getting out of hand! Parents need to talk with their children and support them with whatever decisions they make. For example, my mom showed me where Planned Parenthood was and took me to the gynecologist to get birth control.
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