Age of puberty has declined to approx. 12.
Age of typical first marriage is now in the 30’s (after we get a career on track and get the student loans under control.)
Is that a problem? Sure. HuffPo is proposing an absurd remedy though.
I married at 24 and my wife was 20. Not being Mormons, most around us thought that to be absurdly young. But perhaps that is a discussion worth having.
And one routinely hears stories of couples that were together for 50+years after running away together as teens because their parents disapproved.
There's got to be an approach to all this that is compatible with the spirit of conservatism. Turning a blind eye to what is happening right now among teens with respect to sex and pregnancy is going to lead to disaster. We're on our way to becoming a poverty stricken socialist 3rd world country that spends all its money taking care of the poor that go on to make more poor.
I think teachers that call for contraception in schools see this coming. They're on the front lines. They see the next generation. Many of them are out of control and wild making more young and wild kids.
I'm not sure contraception in schools is the right move, though, but something needs to be done and done quickly.