| Teenage pregnancy is a reality. We are
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| | due to increased fear of unwanted
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| living in a world where it is still
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| | pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases,
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| believed that boys can be sexually
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| | and especially AIDS. At the same time, a
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| aggressive and it is the duty of the
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| | gender gap exists between the attitudes
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| girls to resist sexual advances. Teens
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| | of young men and women about sex: more
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| are exposed to an environment where
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| | men than women believe that casual sex is
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| drugs, violence, sex, money and peer
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| | acceptable, and most girls and boys agree
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| pressures are an ever-present force that
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| | that girls have sex because the boys want
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| affects both their behavior and
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| | it.
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| perception of life. Today's teens are
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| | What's perhaps even worse than the
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| more protected and sheltered from the
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| | dangerous opportunities teen girls are at
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| consequences of their behavior than ever
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| | risk for is the fact that most of them
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| before.
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| | will not talk to their parents about
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| Abstinence is the most effective
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| | these dangers they face. No matter how
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| contraceptive. Teenagers should learn to
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| | good your communication is with your
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| show affection and love in many of the
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| | daughter, there are things she will not
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| non-sexual expressions and not involve in
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| | and cannot tell you, things she needs
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| sexual activity. Pressurizing or forcing
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| | desperately to tell someone. The answer
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| anyone into sexual intercourse is not
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| | to this problem is being your daughter's
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| acceptable. It does not show love or
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| | best friend.
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| respect. It only shows how selfish,
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| | Both teens and adults believe good
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| exploitative and disrespectful the person
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| | communication between parents and
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| is. Teenagers should avoid high-risk
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| | children can help prevent teen pregnancy.
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| situations like being alone in someone
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| | Mnay say that having parents who don't
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| else's house or car. Youngsters should
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| | give enough love, attention, and
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| learn to say, "There is no doubt that I
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| | supervision or don't teach morals
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| love you. But I am not ready for the kind
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| | increases the likelihood of teen
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| of intimacy you are expecting. If you
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| | pregnancy. Both teens and adults believe
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| really love me, respect my feelings." A
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| | that the media plays a role in teen
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| true friend would definitely respect
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| | pregnancy.
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| their feelings.
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| | For many parents finding out that their
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| There are some youngsters who feel that
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| | son or daughter has been struggling with
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| they are entitled to experience
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| | teen drug abuse is a catastrophic
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| everything under the sun, irrespective of
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| | revelation. Thoughts of failure,
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| the high risk involved. These are
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| | disappointment, guilt, and embarrassment
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| individuals who experiment with drugs,
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| | flood a parents mind. However, you must
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| alcohol and tobacco and also with
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| | remember that you are not the only parent
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| multiple partners.
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| | to face such a situation. And more
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| Then there is another group of young
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| | importantly, many families have overcome
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| adults who believe that everyone else
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| | teen drug abuse in the past.
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| around them are sexually active but are
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| | If you suspect there is a problem, ask
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| not becoming pregnant or not suffering
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| | your teen about what is bothering him or
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| from AIDS. "Why should I alone deprive
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| | her. And then don't be afraid to ask for
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| myself?" But in reality, they are in the
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| | help. Many resources are listed here
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| midst of friends who are in a fantasy
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| | They can be of great help. They are
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| world.
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| | user-friendly guide for professionals who
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| The attitudes of teens and young adults
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| | supervise, manage, teach, or treat
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| toward premarital and casual sex have
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| | teenagers who get into trouble.
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| become more conservative -- most likely
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