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Kids need to hear about the risks of teenage sex, especially with the development of antibiotic resistant STDs. It's really a public health issue. In a perfect world, full-on sex education would be offered to all students with the option for parents to opt-out without penalty or opt for an abstinence only course.

i'm not saying that we should only teach abstinence and leave it at that. i know, as much as it is the BEST option, it's just not that viable to too many.

what i would suggest is that perhaps it's presented as a better option than condoms, etc. so i'm not saying just teach abst. and leave it at that. Provide full education, but don't treat it like a red headed step child to be mocked.

it's laughed at far too often and called "unrealistic," when it's only failed 1 time in history.

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Posted by BluegrassBelle

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Posted on 8/11/16 at 1:09 pm to 3nOut

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it's laughed at far too often and called "unrealistic," when it's only failed 1 time in history.

Personally, I don't think it's unrealistic if the child comes from a household that'll reinforce it.

But I've worked with my fair share of kids raising themselves, born to families with thugs, trash, and welfare queens and that's where they're getting their "information".

Back when I worked as a clerk in a high-poverty, low-performing school I withdrew a girl to our district's teenage pregnancy program at 13. She thought she couldn't get pregnant because her Momma said, "Girl you can't get pregnant on top. Just make sure you let it all leak out.". At that point, teaching abstinence-only is putting a bandaid on a gaping wound.

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