Bristol Palin

[mummykay]

I've had a good read but like they say a picture says a thousand words....

That one made my mind up!

i think thats an adorable pic, i dont see how its anyone elses business whose baby he is, hes obviously loved by his family so who gives a crap who the parent is, its got fudge all to do with who will win the election etc

media just fluffin things up for a story imo

 

[zebrastripes]

Probably works just as much as any other sex ed does to kids in school.

lol, not really, at least most sex ed, even the crap patchy bits, give at least some acknowledgement that kids may find themselves in a position where they need to nkow about contraception. The abstinence only doesn't. It's basically sex is bad,wait til you're married, and no you won't need any of those rubber thingys.

 

[newmum]

Probably works just as much as any other sex ed does to kids in school.

lol, not really, at least most sex ed, even the crap patchy bits, give at least some acknowledgement that kids may find themselves in a position where they need to nkow about contraception. The abstinence only doesn't. It's basically sex is bad,wait til you're married, and no you won't need any of those rubber thingys.

Abstinence is taught as a part of comprehensive sex education not instead of it.

Here are some teaching notes:

Abstinence is the only 100 percent effective method for avoiding unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV. Teens—especially young teens—should be encouraged to delay sexual initiation. Educators should acknowledge the importance of abstinence and provide youth with the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to make abstinence work. Educators should also plan lessons to discuss other areas of reproductive and sexual health, including contraceptive technology. Even youth who pledge to remain abstinent need information about contraception and condoms to help them prevent unintended pregnancy, HIV and other STIs when they do become sexually active. Research indicates that information about contraception does not increase sexual activity nor hasten the onset of sexual initiation in teens.

This is a sound teaching and it is unwise not to teach all the options available. It is more popular among teens in the US than in the UK where it isn't promoted in the same way.

I guess UK sex ed isn't doing so well either as the Uk has the highest STI and teen pregnancy rates in Europe.

 

[zebrastripes]

Probably works just as much as any other sex ed does to kids in school.

lol, not really, at least most sex ed, even the crap patchy bits, give at least some acknowledgement that kids may find themselves in a position where they need to nkow about contraception. The abstinence only doesn't. It's basically sex is bad,wait til you're married, and no you won't need any of those rubber thingys.

Abstinence is taught as a part of comprehensive sex education not instead of it.

Here are some teaching notes:

Abstinence is the only 100 percent effective method for avoiding unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV. Teens—especially young teens—should be encouraged to delay sexual initiation. Educators should acknowledge the importance of abstinence and provide youth with the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to make abstinence work. Educators should also plan lessons to discuss other areas of reproductive and sexual health, including contraceptive technology. Even youth who pledge to remain abstinent need information about contraception and condoms to help them prevent unintended pregnancy, HIV and other STIs when they do become sexually active. Research indicates that information about contraception does not increase sexual activity nor hasten the onset of sexual initiation in teens.

This is a sound teaching and it is unwise not to teach all the options available. It is more popular among teens in the US than in the UK where it isn't promoted in the same way.

I guess UK sex ed isn't doing so well either as the Uk has the highest STI and teen pregnancy rates in Europe.

That's fair enough. I was, to be honest,thinking more along the lines of US abstinence education,which is totally unrealistic and potentially damaging. Which is also what McCain seeks to endorse.

I have no problem with informing teenagers that abstinence is an alternative. However i do have a problem when it is presented asthe only option This is common in the US especially when the religious right hold some sway. And it does absolutely no good at all, as it'll just cause a lot of needless guilt..

As for the UK's high rates of teen pregnancy/STI's, there could be a number of reasons for that, one, our sex ed still isn't that good compared to other areas in Europe- it is still very much subject to what school you go to. There's also the fact that although the media is hughly oversexed, in day to day ordinary life, it isn't as open and easy a subject as it perhaps should be

Or heck, maybe all the big teen sluts like me just want a council flat. Yeah.

 

[newmum]

lol @ your council flat

I don't know either why the rates for all that stuff are so high in the UK. My hometown in the UK has the highest Chlamydia rates in the UK apparently. The saddest thing is that in the schools where I worked, hardly any of the girls had heard of it and yet many of them were very high risk and probably had it but didn't know.

Ignorance is so dangerous.

Anyway....Bristol as a first name???