[Peaches-n-Cream]

I have heard of this pre-teen and young teen sex since I was a young teenager. Back then people were so concerned because AIDS was relatively new. Most of my peers and I were too scared to do anything because the consequence was death. For some reason, teens nowadays don't fear STDs or they think oral sex is a safe alternative.

I attended a chlamydia conference about six months ago. Based on their studies over 88% of people have had sex by the age of 18. That's seven out of eight. Over half of them will be exposed to an STD by 18. The information was staggering. This was based on 2001 and 2002 figures since 2003 figures weren't available at the time.

valkyrie, I agree that some of the teenage girls become pregnant because they want to. My friend worked in a DA's office and encountered girls like this all the time. She told me that they weren't not impressed with her college and law school education. They couldn't believe that she didn't have any children at the ripe old age of 25!!! They would ask her, "What are you waiting for?" She would tell them that having a career and financial stability was important for her before she had children. They told her that she didn't need to have money to be a mother. "The government will take care of you and your children." These were teenagers without high school diplomas who were very happy to have babies and live on welfare. It was so disheartening to her that she finally had to leave that job.