My New Year’s wish is that the schools, the parents, and the children of our community find a way to openly and freely discuss sexuality, the burdens of teen parenting, and the ways to prevent unplanned pregnancies and the spread of HIV/AIDS/STDs, and that we finally and forever recognize abstinence alone is not an answer.
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Great wish! Have been wishing for that myself while reading the sad stats from the Urban Child Institute’s research. So many problems could be lessened if people in this area were willing to discuss sex and birth control with their kids, students, etc. Abstinence will never be the answer – it’s so naive to think that touring Bristol Palin around the country will make kids realize that something that feels so good could be bad for them.