As for how to prevent teen pregnancy, be completely honest with them. Give them all the facts, including the psychological aspects of sex and love as a teen, etc. And then say, if, for whatever reason, you decide to engage in sexual activity- protect yourself. Protect your future. Protect your life. And then I'd talk about condoms, birth control, etc. which I never understood why those things are so taboo for conservatives to talk about.
I'm a firm believer that if you hide things from your kids, they will go find things out on their own. I'd rather arm them with the truth and honesty- and trust they make the right decision.
>>As for how to prevent teen pregnancy, be completely honest with them<<
Section 8 housing, free college, Title 20 daycare, and all the other goodies look pretty good to 16 year olds.
Some are different and won’t like that. Many will. You pay for it. That’s awfully nice of you.
The FACT is that society has always held that a man and woman who have not committed themselves to each other and their children through the ceremony of marriage have no business indulging themselves in acts which may bring a child into the world without guarantee of a committed mother and father.
And the FACT is that society has the right to express disapproval of those who do, regardless of whether the child is likely to burden the public for its support.
The importance of the committed, two-parent family is vital to the maintenance of a healthy society, and those who flout these norms reduce the overall stability and health of society.
Illegitimacy and single parenthood are indeed both bad things and indeed everybody’s business, which is NOT the same thing as saying that state intervention is required in every case.
People need to explain why things that were commonplace understandings two generations ago have since become unspeakable.