Reply #125: i'm willing to wager that most of the "unlooked for" children

[ashmanonar]

truly were accidents. people don't think of the consequences of their actions, and a great percentage of teens have sex before they're out of high school. it's recreational, but they don't realize that there are serious side effects to sex: one of them, namely, is pregnancy.

and i'll bet many of those kids aren't ever talked to seriously about sex, bc either their parents don't want to "give them ideas" or their churches deny them this...guess what, kids have sex. it happens all over the world. and some people are more prepared and armed for it than others (some states have wonderful sex ed programs, that give teens the real facts. others want to keep teens ignorant and locked into the young pregnancy cycle.)

incidentally: my parents never really explained to me about sex, i figured it out on my own. and i haven't had sex yet. *shrug*. i think they figured they raised me well enough to that point, they didn't need to worry about it. i'm still not sure if they're right or not...:evilgrin: