Topic : 03/03 Teens and Sex with Bishop T.D. Jakes

Our country needs some REAL men who are willing to be fathers. My dad was comfortable enough with his own sexuality to sit down and explain things in detail. As a woman, I had no idea how a man thought but my father took the time to share how he was as a young man and that's where I got my sex ed. When I was in school, they didn't teach sex ed. As a parent, it is mine and my husbands job to teach our children about the important things in life. My husband's parents did not talk to him about sex and the consequences and all five of the children in his family were sexually active. On the other hand, my parents were very open and honest with myself and my siblings and none of us where sexually active before marriage. I am 26 now, married and I have 2 daughters. I have an amazing relationship with my husband and the first time we had sex was on our honeymoon. On our wedding day I was able to give him ALL of my.  I would not change one thing and I will raise my daughters the same way. They will respect their selves and their bodies. They will also know how guys think because their father is going to very involved in also teaching them. It's not a one time talk, it's a lifetime teaching. Passing out birth control does not prevent STDs. Getting pregnant is not the end of the world but it will turn your world upside down. The sad thing is, these kids might have STDs and not know it because a lot of them don't show up until years down the road. And then when they find out, they are married and want to have kids but can't because they slept around when they were too young to make wise decisions. Condems and birth control are not the issue, relationships are the issue. Parents aren't taking the time with their children to instill morals and values.

Hello, i was watching ths show and I am a teenageer, I'm turning 18 in 2 months.

I'm not sexually active and i do have a boyfriend.

Parents. There is only so much you can do to help prevent your child from having sex. Yes educate them and have them understand what really is out there. But even doing this does not guarentee your child from not having sex. If your child does happen to be sexually active you have to put your trust in them, and trust that they know what is going on etc.

And also on the show, parents say they have the right to know if their teen is sexually active and want birth control. I disagree completely with that. It is absolutely none of the parents business if their teen is having sex. It's their decsion and all you have to do is have faith in them. You cannot control them all the time. I don't tell my parents alot of things because it really is none of their business. Its my privacy and my right to keep it private trumps your right of wanting to know, no matter how many of you disagree with that. Yes my parents have expectations for me, but am i going to follow them? More than likely not. If i feel that I am ready for somthing i will do it, but not before unerstanding the consequnces.

And another thing. Getting around to talking about sex. Personally i hate it when my parents start tallking about sex to me because they get all nervous and it makes it tense for me aswell. I talk to friends about sex. We talk about EVERYTHING and we dont get embarassed because we no we're not going to get judged or pushed or anything. I think parents might need a class "how to talk to your teen about sex" lol (it was a joke)

All you can do is parents is get them educated and if you know they are sexually active talk about things. All i can say is this is the world we live in and all we have to do is try our best to keep grounded.

and to all the parents that are reading this, i am not your typical teenager :)

I think this is a great topic to discuss about but for teenagers. Dr.Phil if you ever had a teen sex forum again i'd gladly join.  I like talking to other teens about sex because as hard as it is to believe we do have brains :)

I live in Denmark. Here the average age of the mother, when she is giving birth to the first child is 29. It is too old to maintain our present population.

Teenage pregnancies are rare - very rare. We have a TV-show called "young mothers" where the daily life of mothers age 16-22 are shown.

How did we manage to produce a strategy, which can eliminate our nation in some 70 years if we don't change path?

We started to give education to children before there was any chance for them to start with sex. That means age 10!

They need to know at that age because when they are 12 they are turned loose from after-school care and then it is just a matter of time before they face all the dangers of a modern society head on.

It is a packet deal. Alcohol is a factor. Luckily the old tradition of introduce alcohol to the youth at their confirmation (age 13-14) means that parents are aware and responsible parents control the "bag-parties" and many join the night owls which is a voluntary movement of parents wearing yellow jackets, who walks the streets  nights every weekend. (A parent do one walk every 3 or 4 month).

Information and accept that teenagers are humans with both love and sorrows in their life are our strategy and it works!!

This is how they address this in Europe

http://youtube.com/watch?v=3FzgvXdQ9vE

than that girl was not very smart then? She saw the sores, she did it anyway, she was STUPID.

THose are the teens that need to be in shackles *joke*