Attention all girls: what are your thoughts on teen pregnancy?
Most of you may think that it could never happen to you. But
have you really thought about what you would do when faced with
a difficult sexual situation? Our guess is not as much as you
should. That’s why it’s so great that the eighth annual National
Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy is today! The purpose of this day
is to get teens to focus on how important it is to avoid “too-
early pregnancy and parenthood.” This is crucial because,
although the teen birth rate has seen an overall decline of 32%
since the 1990’s (declining for 14 years straight), it has
started to increase again—5% from 2005 to 2007! Awareness is one
of the most important steps to prevent the teen birth rate from
increasing even more. You can visit sites, like StayTeen.org
(The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy’s
website) and take a quiz about what you would do in different
scenarios. Have loads of questions about sex, but too
embarrassed to ask family, frie