This has now led to some schools having to start dispensing free condoms and contraceptives to students who go to the school's health clinics. ... Both in sexual behavior and in all other areas of behavior, teenagers strive to attain social acceptance by their peers, which is common at the stage in which teenagers are. ... Also related to the issue of teenage sex due to peers is the lack of good communication between parents and teenagers, and the wanted independence by teenagers. ... When there is no good communication between parents and teenagers, teenagers turn to their peers for advi...

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The therapist goes alone with the clients choice because it is believed that the client will learn even from bad decision and those decisions will help in the future. ... Teenagers usually use anger or act out in ways that will draw negative attention when experiencing a problem they are unable to handle along. In addition, teenagers usually are rebellious when given advice by an adult authority figure. ... Moreover, motivational interviewing gets the teenager to argue for a change in their behavior by exploring their ambivalence. Furthermore, motivational interviewing encourages the therapi...

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By the time teenagers graduate from high school, 68% of their class has had sex. ... Every single day 10,000 teenagers will be infected with an STD 2400 will become pregnant and 55 will contract HIV . ... Although it seems obvious to us that teenagers need to be armed with this information, there will always be those that disagree. ... As anyone can see, a comprehensive sex education program is the way to go. ... Deprive them of critical 411 and go the route of fear and denial, and we"ll continue on our dubious track record of the least successful nation in the Western Industrialized world in ...

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The author's purpose is to convince the reader that condom distribution in schools can lead to an increased number of sexually active teenagers and encourage promiscuity. ... Nothing will go wrong. ... Limbaugh presented this as if the school is promoting sex to teenagers. ... He says that the logic to giving students condoms is because "kids are going to do it anyway, you can't stop them" (749). ... Kids are going to get guns and shoot them, you can't stop them, so let's make sure that teachers have bullet proof vests" (749). ...

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I believe that if the school board saw it through a teenagers eyes who has gone through high school and seen what goes on, they will be more likely to change their viewpoint on the issue. ... The issue of teenagers having unprotected sex is definitely a problem because studies have shown that "fifty-three percent of high school students nationwide report having had sexual intercourse during their lifetime forty-seven percent of those students failed to use a condom during their last sexual intercourse (Raab, 48)." ...

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" (Kelly, 482) meaning that teenagers are going to have sex and that managing themselves before, during , and after sex is what is needed to be focused on. ... Teenagers are sexual beings. ... Teens are exposed to media almost all the time, every day, and even if a teenager is not watching a marathon of dramas per say, the amount of sexual material that is in these programs and movies still acts as an influence to teenagers. ... In films where the age of the character was between thirteen and eighteen, the virginity scripts were used much more to portray that virginity isn't such...

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Researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle found that teenagers who received some type of comprehensive sex education were 60 percent less likely to get pregnant or get someone else pregnant. ... I believe that sexual education programs that are funded by the government that promote abstinence are going against the separation of Church and State. ... This may make these teenagers feel worse and they will not be educated on safe sex methods. ... President Barack Obama outlined how he intends to achieve the president's goal that "The United States will become a place where new H...

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Teenagers should practice abstinence because at that age, they are not mature enough to affirm themselves in sexual relations. ... Therefore, because of fear, inexperience, and ignorance, teenagers are the most susceptible to contract and to spread the HBV. ... For instance, when people go to the beauty salon, the barber uses the same shaver for all his customers, and the hairdresser uses the same needle to sew hair extensions on customer's heads. ...

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The implied allegation was supported by a 2011 survey which states that 53% of teens have had unprotected sex with a new partner ("More Teenagers Have Unprotected Sex and Know Less About Contraception, Claims International Study" 1). ... Allowing teens to see what could happen if they are not smart about their choices, as well as providing the right tools to remain safe and have somewhere to go for help if necessary is an advantageous part of sex education. ... The idea that teens are not going to act on their impulses and feelings is simply irrational and unwise. ... Simply teaching...

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Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs), also known as venereal diseases, are infectious diseases passed from one person to another during sexual contact. STDs are one of the most common infections known. There are more than 12 million people in the United States infected with STDs every ...

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