What is the best way to get a teenager to do what you want him or her to do? Tell them what not to do. Children and teenagers are remarkable at defying authority and doing their own thing. When a teacher or parent begins to tout the praises of being a doctor the kid says he wants to be a police officer. A parent speaks on the value of going to college, the kid responses with his goal of starting his own band. The debates and arguments continue as they have for centuries. Moreover, when students are taught that the only way to live a good life is to maintain virginity until marriage, the kids often seek ways of disobeying that, too. Abstinence only programs often cause more defiance and are potentially more harmful than a well-rounded teen sex program. It is better for students to know the impending harm of premarital sex and how to prevent pregnancies and the transmission of diseases then to give a one-sided opinion on teens and sex.
Abstinence only programs are awesome......
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