The current country that has the highest rate of teen pregnancies is the United States of America. Multiple different opinions have stemmed from this topic, debating over the origins of this issue. A specific cause is the incomplete education, as many schools now use inefficient programs to teach sex education, or simply don’t teach it. Some parents say that it should be left to the parents to educate their own children on this subject, whereas others believe that the schools should teach the children, with one side trusting abstinence-only programs, and the other investing in comprehensive sex education. Despite this controversy, sex education should be taught in schools because comprehensive sex education is more effective, parents can be biased, and
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Having comprehensive sex education has been proven to be much more effective than the alternatives. Out of the comprehensive programs, “more than 60% reduced incidence of unprotected sex” (Kirby 2007). Programs that teach sex education in its entirety teach the students and children protection, so that if they do choose to have sex, they can prevent sexually transmitted diseases and unexpected pregnancies. While the parents and teachers cannot do anything except influence their child’s decisions in whether or not to have sex, they can give them the accurate education so that they can be safe while doing so. Further studies have illustrated that “young people who have good quality [sex education] that starts early are more likely to choose to have sex at an older age…” (Emmerson 10). Although the parents who oppose comprehensive sex education often say that they oppose it because it encourages underage or premarital sex, this claim is untrue. Because they are being well-educated early, people are deciding to make better decisions and, thus, preventing disease and underage pregnancies. The National Survey of Family Growth invested researchers to investigate the results of comprehensive sex education “for young
Having comprehensive sex education has been proven to be much more effective than the alternatives. Out of the comprehensive programs, “more than 60% reduced incidence of unprotected sex” (Kirby 2007). Programs that teach sex education in its entirety teach the students and children protection, so that if they do choose to have sex, they can prevent sexually transmitted diseases and unexpected pregnancies. While the parents and teachers cannot do anything except influence their child’s decisions in whether or not to have sex, they can give them the accurate education so that they can be safe while doing so. Further studies have illustrated that “young people who have good quality [sex education] that starts early are more likely to choose to have sex at an older age…” (Emmerson 10). Although the parents who oppose comprehensive sex education often say that they oppose it because it encourages underage or premarital sex, this claim is untrue. Because they are being well-educated early, people are deciding to make better decisions and, thus, preventing disease and underage pregnancies. The National Survey of Family Growth invested researchers to investigate the results of comprehensive sex education “for young