... rather than only preaching abstinence, can allow them to make smarter, safer decisions. Advocating safe sex is another great benefit of sex education. Allowing teens to see what could happen if they are not smart about their choices ... as well as others at any age. When discussing the topic of sex education, abstinence is usually the first or only method discussed; some argue that the only way to avoid pregnancy and contracting sexually transmitted infections or ... with sex and everything that comes along with it. Teaching them safety and opening their minds past the alluring expectat...

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... , it does not do the one thing we all wished it would: make them more responsible. In a landmark study of ten exemplary programs published by the Center For Disease Control (CDC) in 1984, no evidence was found that knowledge significantly influenced the responsibility of sexually active teens. In ... get pregnant, condoms are not foolproof); and with the supposed foolproof pill, up to eighteen percent of teen girls will get pregnant within the first year. If you project these failure rates a few years ahead of now, unintended pregnancies begin to look uncomfortably close to inevitability....

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