Parental involvement throughout the teen pregnancy prevention initiative is invited and encouraged. Parents are encouraged to talk with their children about the family's value system, responsibility, and the importance of postponing sexual involvement. Parents should also educate themselves on recognizing signs of risk behaviors and ways to help children and adolescents avoid or abstain from these behaviors. Parents are the cornerstone of Nevada's teen pregnancy prevention initiative. This knowledge is shared through open discussion and role modeling.
Parents can talk with their children about their family's value system.
Several Nevada school districts are looking into ways to teach values and morals in the classroom setting. Their greatest challenge has been deciding whose values to teach. Parents can assist in this effort by teaching their children their family's values and encouraging them to exemplify those values through their daily lives. Research on teen pregnancy prevention has revealed that prevention efforts are most successful when they include a component to improve life options. Parents can facilitate the setting of realistic goals and help their children achieve the goals.