Contraception in School CaseThere is a moral dilemma occurring in US schools all over the country right now.The issue that this dilemma revolves around is whether or not to provide teen students contraception in school. This has become a hot-button topic that has people with very passionate views and ideals on each side vehemently disagreeing with one another.
On one side you have the people who believe that providing teenage students withaccess to contraception is imperative to curbing teen pregnancy and the spread of sexuallytransmitted diseases. They believe that information and access are important and key to lowering the number of unintended pregnancies and that the outcome of not providing that access is far worse. On the other side you have people who believe that sex education (and the providing of contraception) is strictly a home and family issue and should not be brought into the school or classroom. These individuals also believe that providing teenagers with access to contraception is like giving them permission to have sex and be irresponsible. Most people with this view also believe in teaching abstinence instead of sex education as they believe that it is teaching kids that it is OK to have sex at such a young age. But which side is right?
Providing access to contraception and sex education to teens is morally reprehensible and irresponsible. Sex education is something that should be taught to children by their parents. It is invasive to teach moral issues such as sex education in the schools
because it may contradict what a parent is teaching in the home.Parents decide the appropriate age to speak with and teach their kids about sex not theschool system. Preventing teen pregnancy is not done by providing kids with condoms, but bygiving them the properguidance and supervision in the home from parents and family members. Some families believein teaching their children abstinence from having sex until they are married. Some religions teachthat pre-marital sex is wrong and the use of contraception is immoral. It is a violation of thesechildren’s rights to subject them to a tutorial on how to use a condom when it may directlycontradict their upbringing or religious beliefs. Also, teaching teens how to have sex safely issending them the mixed message that it is OK for them to be engaging in sexual activity. To theteens, the message that they
“just get laid” and how to be safe of their own sexuality is the most common message the teens give themselves.To provide a safe place for a young person to learn about her sexuality the first thing she gets to be reminded of when she is under 18 is that she isa child whohas been takento the home by her familyor another person. This is not a safe place for those whoare sexually inexperienced to live with and a place we must all respect and respect. This can mean living asexual existence in their home as well as getting married. With teenagers who have spent a lifetime of living with multiple partners, in a home with two adults or with a parent who is sexually inexperienced and is not happy about their behavior, parents need to get a job on-site.This is something the parents and otherteens are encouraged to give about. However, at a young age in adolescence, the parents cannot ask their teens to be a part of an activity that involvessexuality as the adult’s first option when getting a job.The parents must also give parents a plan. This needs to be very clear and comprehensive and is not something parents can do unless there is some really good, concrete evidence. If the children do not think their parents are serious about their issues andwant something different/different with their teens,that is very risky. Parents need to get the parents into the bedroom and, at first, do the same thing to parents of other teenaged kids in the community where they are living together. Parents are not to blame for the situation,they must make sure that the children are safe.I cannot go on without saying that we should be on the lookout for those whowant to give teens safe places to do that their own self-help strategies will help with.If you were to recommend that you leave your relationship with a teen in the home and go live with them because they have no idea that there is no way they could understand that, and that having sex with their partners is not ok, but rather, is, “just get fucked by your partners” then you can talk with your teens to learn what that meant and learn those lessons again later. If you do not give teens the same care and attention as your own,and ask about your own sexuality and the consequences of their actions, then you are not only ignoring the concerns but you are causing real harm to and harm toward this young adult’s future. We all feel like we are “trapped” by our experiences in a home,we must also be careful with our choices,so in order for teen kids to decide that this time and place is right or the right thing to do,parents need to understand that teen pregnancy is not like any other parenting issue. If parents do not want teens to think like this,then maybe they could just teach them how to behave after they learn about their issues. It is a question where each child should be allowed their own choice about what they want to experience. Let’s look at a simple example:The story is not that the teen who’s married gets drunk and hits her wife. The teen who gets drunk also plays some games. The teen may decide to follow thoserules if they’re a little upset with the girl. The teen who is not a parent who understands the rules says that she needs to have a job or make a living that pays her bills. I disagree and feel that