Today, May 4th, is the 10th annual National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. According to CNN, an irony is that an estimated 1,000 teen girls will give birth today.
From sex ed to THE SECRET LIFE OF THE AMERICAN TEENAGER to JUNO to those addictive marathons of 16 AND PREGNANT, we witness how hard it is to be a teen who is expecting, and harder still to be a kid while raising a kid. We see girls from every corner of the country, with every grade point average, from every background and with all sorts of dreams go through this.
On last night's episode of 16 AND PREGNANT, an honors student with a promising college-filled future gave birth to a baby girl after having unprotected sex with her boyfriend and without birth control. She didn't think it could ever happen to her and, of course, she was very wrong. Do you know any one who has gone through this? Have you gone through it?
Encouragingly, The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unwanted Pregnancy reports that teen pregnancy is at an all time low, but it isn't low enough yet. What do you think can be done to spread the word even more?
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
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