TEENS IN CRISIS

OUR TEENS ARE IN CRISIS

It is very important to keep the lines of communication open about sex- BE THE ONE to tell them what is acceptable- There is no time to be embarassed- the world is not- and takes every chance it gets to drop seeds in your childs mind.                            'Oral Sex Is the New Goodnight Kiss'By CLAIRE SHIPMAN and COLE KAZDIN                                                                                                      In the documentary, "Oral Sex Is the New Goodnight Kiss," girls as young as 11 years old talk about having sex, going to sex parties and -- in some extreme situations -- crossing into prostitution by exchanging sexual favors for money, clothes or even homework and then still arriving home in time for dinner with the family."Five minutes and I got $100," one girl said. "If I'm going to sleep with them, anyway, because they're good-looking, might as well get paid for it, right?"Another girl talked about being offered $20 to take off her shirt or $100 to do a striptease on a table at a party.The girls are almost always from good homes, but their parents are completely unaware, Azam said."The prettiest girls from the most successful families [are the most at risk]. We're not talking about marginalized girls," she said. "[Parents] don't want to know because they really don't know what to do. I mean, you might be prepared to learn that, at age 12, your daughter has had sex, but what are you supposed to do when your daughter has traded her virginity for $1,000 or a new bag?"
16 and Pregnant? No Big DealBy Sarah Knoploh )
June 15, 2009 - 14:57 ET Some statistics: According to the National Center for Health Statistics, 86 percent of mothers who give birth out-of-wedlock are teenagers. According to the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, only 40 percent of teenage mothers ever graduate high school; two-thirds of families begun by an unmarried teen mother are poor; and “Virtually all of the increase in child poverty between 1980 and 1996 was related to the increase in nonmarital childbearing.” 
'Condom Cards' Given to Youth to Combat Teen PregnancySaturday, June 06, 2009
Boys as young as 12 are to be issued with condom "credit cards" allowing them to pick up free contraception at football grounds, barber’s shops and scout huts.Condoms will be distributed at places where boys congregate, to spare them the embarrassment of visiting sexual health clinics or GPs’ surgeries or facing a shop assistant at a pharmacist's counter.They will be able to collect the condoms by showing a plastic card issued to them after they have attended a safe-sex lesson, according to new government guidance. Boys who take advantage of the scheme will not have to give their names or answer questions about their sex lives.The Sunday Times-          June 6 2009