Talking With Your Teen About Sex
In a recent news story, Fox News revealed that an 11 year old girl had given birth to her first child The doctors discussed how difficult the birth was because the child's body had not even developed enough to give birth; she did not even have enough breast tissue to be able to nurse the child
2 Essential Factors You Should Know About Teenage Pregnancy
Teenage pregnancy is certainly a very alarming situation among youngsters because of the risks that go with it, as well as the consequences it brings. Listed here are some essential information and facts about teenage pregnancy which might help raise awareness among family members and perhaps prevent a difficult scenario:
Accessible Birth Control: The Answer to the Teen Pregnancy Epidemic?
While Canadians celebrate a new low in teenage pregnancy rates, American rates, although also dropping, remain among the highest in the developed world -about twice that of Canada’s. American teen pregnancies peaked in 1990 at an estimated 1 million. The introduction of sex education and prevention programs and the increasing use of birth control have led to steadily declining rates across the US since that high (except for slight rises in 2006 and 2007), but teen pregnancy remains epidemic in the US.
