1.7 Top Ten List
1. Present more practical information about sex.
​
2. Talk more about the differences between genders instead talking on a gender neutral level from an early age.
​
3. Educators not being discriminatory when talking with students about sex.
​
4. Do not scare teens by only talking about STD's and teen pregnancies but include all the wonderful aspects of sex and the many benefits that come with it if one waits.
​
5. Present all ways to prevent contracting STD's and getting pregnant along with the risks that are involved with using them.
​
6. Educators should educate teens on abstinence as well as present all the options to students.
​
7. Students/teens are young adults so as sex educators or any educators students should be educated correctly to be able to make the best decision.
​
8. Talk to the students to understand what they know and do not know. Allow them to ask questions.
​
9. Make the conversation easy to talk about it. Create a comfortable atmosphere for students.
​
10. Include family members that waited and those that did not.
​
References
Ordway, D.M. (2019). Sex education: Why an abstinence-only approach is problematic . Journalist's Resource. Retrieved from https://journalistsresource.org/studies/society/education/sex-education-abstinence-research/
1.1 What I Learned
I learned that abstinence pledges are not effective ways to keep teens from having sex to early. They are scare tactics that are not effective. There are better approaches to address this topic.
1.5 What I think About Abstinence Pledging.
Telling a kid not to touch wet paint and not explaining why makes the kid want to touch the wet paint to find out why we told him/her not to touch it. This is the way my husband described teens being told to take an abstinence pledge.
​
​
If a teen is told to not have sex before marriage because it's bad but then adults turn around and tell them if they wait it will feel so good, teens curiosity will spike and because they are now confused as well as curious they will "touch the wet paint." I talk to my husband about this topic quite often because we have a 10 year old son who is becoming curious as his body is starting to change.
