Teenage Pregnancy in the News
With the announced pregnancy of 16 yr old Jamie Lyn Spears, who it the star of Nickelodeon’s Zoey 101, the question of teens having consensual sex becomes the topic of the day again. Surely everyone remembers the Genarlow Wilson who was 17 years old at the time of his act with a 15 year old. Mr. Wilson was sentenced to 10 years for having consensual oral sex with his partner. Teens get bombarded with both audio and visual sexual advertising everyday. That parents don’t want their teenagers having sex is not likely to completely end teens having sex but these high profile cases do give parents the opportunity to talk to their children openly about sex. Parents can let their children know exactly how they feel about sex between teenagers and hopefully talking openly about this issue will help more teens make better choices.