Currently, every state is implementing abstinence only programs. Content and quality of the programs vary greatly. Inquire at your school because it is important to be informed about what is being taught. Media Teenagers learn through images and pictures. Sexuality is presented in the media as alluring and romantic.
Teenagers watch television an average of twenty-three hours each week.
In soap operas, the programs most watched by adolescents, premarital sex is referred to two or three times every hour. Watch MTV and see some of the different messages teens receive about sex. The most popular magazines, movies and books are portraying sex as seductive. No longer do teens watch Leave to Beaver, instead they watch Melrose Place. Family Parents are the major socializing agent for children and need to learn how to be effective sex educators.