Britney Spears (oh! I know what you're thinking, not another article on that person. NOT AGAIN!! This isn't about her so keep reading) what exactly is our youth these days learning from her. I mean, look what her sister learned. At least Britney was married before she had kids, and legal! But like I said, this isn't about them. It's about what youths are learning from.
It seems like every year at high school more girls are getting pregnant. Are they only living in the moment? You have to wonder what their parents taught them, and what they did wrong. Are movies and media encouraging pregnancy at younger ages? I don't think that's what they are trying to do, but still, there's thirteen year olds getting pregnant and actually likeing it.
In the previews for the movie Juno, they showed how happy the girl was to have a baby and it really didn't seem like she cared all that much about it. But when she finds adopting parents it seems like all the weight was lifted off Juno's shoulders. Most of the time, things don't happen like that. So are movies teaching us that it's okay?
Teen pregnancy needs to stop. I mean what's next? Pregnant 10 year olds walking around. My sister is 9 and to think that girls one or two years older than her are already walking around with another human being in them is a little crazy. Girls now days need someone other than their moms to look up to. A celebrity icon. Not someone who deceives you and is a bad role model. I used to think Jaime-Lynn Spears was okay, till i heard she was pregnant. So i guess I have to choose the next best thing. Hillary Duff was always one of my favorite teen stars and to this day she has shown me how strong she is. Miley Cyrus is another good role model. I hope they don't mess their lives up like the others did.
So i'm saying teen pregnancy has to stop and it can't be ignored for much longer. I don't understand why people can't just wait to have sex. Of course there are those people who think only in the moment and not what their lives are going to be like 5 years down the road. I bet if you ask pregnant teens where they think they will be 5 years down the road most of them will say taking care of my child. Where is the education?? Where is the life that they have ready to live?
Think about what you're doing and how it's going to affect you. Don't think in the moment, and please always be safe!
Angel to WHAT!?!? What the children are learning from the media today!
By Ashleya92391 - Posted on February 26th, 2008
Tagged: celebrities
• current issues
• future generations
• learning
• Stupidity
• teen pregnancy
• Better future
You make really good points in this blog. Another celebrity I like is Raven. She seems like a very strong person who stands up for what she believes in. She often talks about a lot of issues that deal with kids today. For example, she is against the media portraying girls to constantly lose weight.
Yeah it's something that has been bugging me for the longest time and so i thought i would blog about it. I also like raven but something could go wrong with her and many rumors are being made about her and the cheetah girls so i don't know. I like her!
A good portion of the blame can be put on the schools for teaching "Abstinence Only" sex education. Let's face it, some people don't have the good supportive home lives of others. There are a fair few who won't even be able to access this great role model we're all trying to dream up for the younger generations.
The only education they get is at school, and there they have teachers who are forced to say nothing more than "Don't have sex when you're married. When you do get married, this is how the baby is made."
I watch movies where teachers pass out condoms and bananas and go "Okay, stop it, it's time to learn how to do this boys and girls"--I'm 18 and I haven't got a clue how to put a condom on a guy. Not that I'm too worried about it, my head is too far buried in my books, but you know, I'm going to college soon. And while I love my mother dearly for all the sex education that she gave me, that was one thing she didn't cover, and really, how embarrassing to ask her. "By the way mom, I need to know how to put a condom on a guy" "...Would you like to tell me what you and your guy friends are doing?"
Schools don't do that, and that's the reality. Schools in America tell you it's a bad thing to have sex when you're not married. I propose a social experiment for those people who push that kind of learning, go up to a toddler, set a cookie jar in front of them, and tell them to not eat the cookies, it's bad, then walk away and leave them to their own devices--I guarantee you, there will be missing cookies. You didn't explain the consequences, you didn't make the kid see the bad things that would happen in a way that would make them care, and further more, you didn't give them the resources (perhaps toys?) or incentives to not take the cookie.
Rather than avoiding the topic of birth control, we should be teaching both theories, birth control with a side of abstinence (and really, that's a very hairy thing to be teaching in public schools, right up there with creationism).
"If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals."
"The mind is not a book, to be opened at will and examined at leisure."
Good point i feel the same way. I don't plan on sex for a while yet and i have a boyfriend and we both feel the same way. Our families are really close so losing him would hurt both of our families. We do plan on getting married and then do that only when we are ready.
The government does have a role in not letting or informing kids about birth control, you usually learn that stuff all through high school and to figure out how the other kids found that out i have no clue.
You are a very smart person and good luck with all of your schooling!
I agree. There is nothing wrong with waiting and I hope kids start to figure that out before they have regrets.
most of them will say taking care of my child. Where is the education?? Where is the life that they have ready to live?
If they say that five years down the road they will be taking care of their child, I admire their strength and willingness to give up their own lives for the child they brought into the world. I admire their sacrifice of their own future in order to benefit the future of their child.
I think a teen mother who thinks about her child rather then the "life that they have ready to live" is a very admirable person, not one that should be persecuted for not thinking about her own life. She realizes that she's given up herself for the little person she is responsible for.
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