Comments on: Serge Sanon (Edison) Teen Pregnancy

By: student

student — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:30:42 +0000

Katherine Blackford (FGCU)
It is good news that teen pregnancy rates have dropped. I wonder if tv is helping this statistic? Recently, I saw a show on MTV called 16 & Pregnant. It showed a few young teens who were pregnant and what their life was as they went thru their pregnancy and shortly after child birth. It definitely showed the hardships involved and the misconceptions most mothers had about their relationship with the fathers. Maybe shows like this will help educate teens on the reality of being a teen parent. Teen preganancy really does effect so many more people than just the parents. It has a huge ripple effect on thier parents, siblings, friends and other students.

By: Feldman(FGCU)

Feldman(FGCU) — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:02:51 +0000

I am also glad to hear that teen pregnancies have dropped. Especially when we now have television shows out such as “16 and Pregnant” and the movie “The Pregnancy Pact”. I believe these things are helpful to our teens because they can now get a real life example of what can happen after a bad mistake one night or a drunken misjudgment. I think teens need to have more education in pregnancy prevention and to learn various ways of protection. Especially since in the state of Florida, we mainly focus on abstinence, which we all know, is not that effective and has not made a huge difference. Teen pregnancy is a major dilemma, thank you for bringing up such an important issue.

By: Cheri Wine

Cheri Wine — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:39:30 +0000

I agree. today children have two working parents and lack the supervision they may need all the time. however if you love them and educate them. you can trust, they will think twice before have sex. I am pleased to hear the teen births have dropped.