Monday, December 6, 2010

Condoms in schools for Kindergarten

I found the following article on Condoms given out to children in schools.
What I found interesting was that the research showed that condoms offered to students lower the rate of teen sex, or at least lower the rate of teen pregnancy. The article also stated that condoms do not cause children to think about sex or want to have sex. Essentially, research has shown that when a student asks for a condom and receives counseling on abstinence and then also a condom, the outcomes are positive. Unfortunately, the article focused on one part of this program which essentially states that even someone in first grade could ask for a condom from the school nurse. This is true; however, is improbable due to the education level and hormone level of first graders. I liked that the article stated condoms do not cause teens to have sex, rather raging hormones, peer pressure, sexualized television and a lack of education/knowledge on the long term consequences of sex. It has always been my belief that sexual education needs to talk about prevention methods as well as abstinence.

http://www.newsweek.com/blogs/the-smart-policy-behind-the-dumb-headline.html

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