Posted by
Gene on Wednesday, November 19, 2008 5:44:19 PM
Shortly after posting the previous article asking the rhetorical question of what have we wrought in this country with regard to teen sexuality, the reaction and reactions were almost as startling as the reactions to Tyra Banks’ report on the subject.
They ranged from those who thought it a marvy idea to procreate young,
dbz77 : “It is clear that we were designed/evolved to have kids in our teens…Were we designed defectively?”
to shock at the very thought, waxer1 : “Just yesterday my co-worker told me her 14 year old daughter is pregnant. 14!! …Then the boyfriend called my co-worker yesterday and wanted to spend the night with her daughter!!! She told him absolutely not!!!! …Her boyfriend is 17! In my opinion, she did not supervise her daughter very well…his parents were even more permissive considering the reaction of his mom. She wanted to be a grandma so bad”
to the practical, caver: “I’d like to ask her [the 17 year old mother] in a few years if she thinks that was still a good idea. She is looking forward to no husband/father, lower income and a miserable life,”
to the angry, Dawn531: “The article blames the problem on not enough sex education. These kids don’t need sex education, they know the consequences of unprotected sex,…They need “morals” education, and unfortunately that has to come from home, and from school and it isn’t being taught in either place.”
Whew!
I threatened worse news for this second installment.
Tyra Banks was “shocked” not only with the results of her survey of 10,000 teen girls but by the frank honesty demonstrated by the girls when she interviewed eight of them on her show last Friday.
The girls, aged 14 to 17, told their personal stories on national television openly and without any signs of regret or embarrassment. Seven of the eight....
(Read the rest of this article at http://genelalor.com/.)