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Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Jan 08, 2008, 2:10 pm PST
i feel bad for jamie lynn. i hope she made the right choice by keeping the baby, but if she ends up like britney, that kid is going to need plenty of therapy!
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Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Jan 08, 2008, 5:27 pm PST
Why is Jamie Lynn's situation "scary"? She's rich and doesn't have to go to school or get a real job. She'll have all the time in the world to be a great mother. Nothing scary about that. It's not like she's a drug addict who won't be able to support and take care of her baby.
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Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Jan 08, 2008, 6:54 pm PST
I am a nurse and the mother of four girls. From the time that my girls were old enough I have taught them that sex either unprotected or protected can kill you. The only way to be assured that they do not contract AIDS or any other STD's is to wait until they are married and know that their husband is "clean". I also told my girls that using birth control is not 100% effective. The only way to protect themselves is to wait until they are married.
My children are no longer allowed to watch 'Zoey 101', because she (Jamie Lynn Spears) is no longer a wholesome role model for my children.
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Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Jan 08, 2008, 7:11 pm PST
Teenagers are getting pregnant because having a baby is something that is now 'glamourous'. When unwed movie stars and celebrities are getting pregnant and their photos placed on covers of magazines, it sends a message to the youngest in this impressionable culture, that getting pregnant is not only acceptable, but admirable.
Young people are not stupid - they know that they should use condoms if they are going to have sex - they choose not to.
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Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Jan 08, 2008, 8:24 pm PST
I just recently had the condom discussion with my 10 year-old daughter. She will be entering middle school in the fall, and has begun to develop physically. I knew I wanted her to hear it from me - not from her friends - and keep communication open for as long as I can. This spoken by a girl who got pregnant at 19, unmarried, because the only thing my mother taught me was "good girls don't".
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Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Jan 08, 2008, 9:12 pm PST
The United States has the second highest teen pregnancy rate of all developed counties in the nation. United States is not a county in our nation. Found it funny. And do you really think Jamie didn't know that having sex would lead to pregnancy? A lot of these teens know what it will lead to and just don't care. That's all. As a teenager, I see it happen all around me in high school. In our school, half of health class focuses on sex and STD's. And still you hear about these guys getting laid, and these girls screwing whoever. It's like smoking and teens. It can kill them, but who cares?
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Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Jan 08, 2008, 10:38 pm PST
i was 30 when i lost myvirgnity, used protection, still got HPV. its gone now, but sex ed is important to prevent as well as educate. some parents still dont talk to their kids, some parents shouldn't be allowed to be parents. so parents abuse their kids as its apparent with Jamie Lynn, neglect is neglect, no matter how much money you make.
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Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Wed, Jan 09, 2008, 2:36 am PST
You know teen pregnancy's have been around for a long time starting with the four fathers, they had teen wifes who had their children. It happens everyday in poor communites, but when it happens to someone in a suburb area, it's such a heartbreaking situation.
This little girl has money and both parents, some young people don't even have money. It might be a blessing for her.
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Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Wed, Jan 09, 2008, 2:43 am PST
I agree with you. I am a 17 year old female and I think abstinence only programs are just plain illogical. it's like taking a child to a toy store. and then telling them not to play with anything. I just wonder if you don't teach us when we're teenagers when are we supposed to learn? when we move out and have unsafe sex because we don't know any better? at some point this country needs to grow up and consider the welfare of it's youth.
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Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Wed, Jan 09, 2008, 2:58 am PST
I'm insulted after reading some more of the comments on this post that some many people under estimate my generation. we are not as stupid as you think. I personally would never engage in unprotected sex, but perhaps your generation should take some responsibility for the huge number of teenagers who are uninformed because instead of treating sex like a mature issue you choose to lie. like i said we're not stupid we know we're not going to die from having sex you know how we know this because you're still alive and the people around us having sex haven't died yet.
teenagers do talk and if you tell your kids you can get stds from protected sex and get pregnant on birth control when both have an over 99% efficeny rate when used properly other kids are going to tell them you're lying. But honestly, if you never show your kids how to properly use contraceptive then who's really at fault when they misuse them or choose to not use them at all?
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Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Wed, Jan 09, 2008, 6:35 am PST
#4... isis... I think telling your kids that "protected sex will kill you or get you pregnant UNLESS your married" is pretty foolish. How is a marriage certificate going to prevent an STD or pregnancy????..... Don't you think the kids will figure that one out on their own some day???
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Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Wed, Jan 09, 2008, 6:40 am PST
Families in general are too busy to talk to each other in any meaningful way. Not all of course but unfortunately some. Ignoring this issue........won't help it go away. Don't leave it up to schools and friends. Babies having babies is the result. Look them in the eye and talk. Answer questions...Wake up!
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Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Wed, Jan 09, 2008, 6:53 am PST
I strongly disagree with ohajmastron if you know that you are not stupid why do stupid things like unprotected sex. Even if you use protection sometime it will break with out you even knowing. You have to really think abut our generation. We all just want to fit in and if that means being pregnant, with a snap of the fingers two teens will already be under the sheets. We now what could happen but dont really considerate. We say "i can never happen to me" but it does for being stupid. And for you FYI the people that are having unprotected sex around us and not dying probably means that they both are clean. Just because no one is dying doesnt mean that they are suffering.
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Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Wed, Jan 09, 2008, 7:04 am PST
I think Jamie Lynn's experience proves how important it really is to teach teens about safe sex. Recent studies have proven that abstinence only education is not helpful. With teen pregnancy on the rise as well as the staggering number of STDs it is clear that teens need to be taught about the real consequences of sex. Hopefully with proper education teens will be able to treat the subject and their partner with more respect.
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