Way Too Many Teen Girls with STDs
Did you read the report? 1 in 4 teenaged girls has an STD? Yikes, what's wrong with this picture. Sexually active girls and I'm sure a good LACK of protection.
The numbers are astounding, and downright scary. The study was based on over 800 people. What I find interesting is that there's no story written about boys. Is it the same, different, are the numbers drastically different, and how does race and age play into their profiles, they way it does in the female version of the study.
Man, reach out to your kids, and make them understand they need to protect themselves. Even if you're preaching abstinence, you need to let them know that if they should decide to become sexually active, even if you don't condone it, that they should know that there are ways to protect themselves. Knowledge is power people...turning a blind eye, and thinking because you "told your kid" to not be active will be enough, well...just shaking my head.
We teach abstinence, but we also realize that reality says kids will make their own decisions when they reach a certain point. Do you want to hope they learned it somewhere along the way that they can protect themselves? Teach your children...it's important.
Sad, sad study results.