I don't have to worry about this for quite some time, but for those of you with older children how have you tried to teach them to help prevent teen pregnancy?

My child is also nowhere old enough for to be an issue. The best way to prevent your child from making poor decisions is by teaching them how to make good ones. If you refuse to talk about sex, or refuse to say any more than no sex until marriage, you are almost doomning your children to become pregnant or impregnate someone.

yes, i agree that we should talk about sex and about its problems, etc. we should really care in the beginning before everything goes wrong. and i even think that these days, everyone are almost aware of the sex.

I'm horrified by how many people believe it is the jobs of schools to teach sex education. Schools may be able to teach the biology of the act, but parents must be prepared to discuss the emotional and moral issues.

I believe in keeping an open communication with your children. My mom especially, was very open with us kids growing up. We felt we could talk to her about anything. And we did.

I believe that it is the parents job to teach their kids about sex, not the schools. It is good to have an open communication with your child. Let them know that they can come to you. And i do believe that the schools can help, and as a parent you can use all the help you can get.

yes I agree with the open comuncation. Let your kids knoe they can come to you with anything. Ask you any question possible. Sometimes the question might catch you of guard or shock you and it can be easy to yell " where did you hear this" or "how id you know this" . A child who get responses like that are less likely to come and ask questions again. Instead if the question shock you say: I will answer this, but I just need to have a little think about how to explain it for you.

I agree with educating your children about sex and everything that it entails. I also believe that it is not for the school to have to do but sadly this leaves a vast majority of kids uneducated because their parents don't step up to the plate and talk to their children like they should.

Originally Posted by fitnessk

I don't have to worry about this for quite some time, but for those of you with older children how have you tried to teach them to help prevent teen pregnancy?

I bought my sons a box of condoms on their 13th birthday to remove any doubts from their minds that I would be too afraid to address some of the more delicate issues that might arise as they got older.

I'm glad my daughter is still very young that I don't have to worry about having these kinds of concerns about her yet, but whenever the time comes that she grows up to be a young lady, prone to all the temptations in the world, then I would have to say that I will have to give her an example of a person who underwent teen pregnancy, specifically myself. I'll have her know of all the things I had to experience at an age that was still not ready for all that. I would tell her that I love her very much and all I want is to see her enjoy her life to the very fullest before exploring the world of parenthood.
I'll tell her that I know she will be a great mother someday, but that time will come for her when she is ready, and that she has to be careful because accident pregnancies do happen.