In-Chief Mention the word sex in any high school across the country and people will listen. Over the past few years, sexuality has become a huge issue among teenagers, and it doesn t seem to be slowing down anytime soon. But educating teens about sex is a topic that high schools continue to struggle with every day.
Some people say that it belongs at home, while others argue for it in classrooms.
Teens need the right information to help protect themselves, said David Carter, a psychologist and researcher for the American Medical Association. The US has more than double the teenage pregnancy rate of any western industrialized country, with more than a million teenagers becoming pregnant each year. STDs, including HIV, can damage teenagers' health and reproductive ability. We need the education out there to stop this. Sex education in the schools is not new, of course, but never before has it attempted to expose children to so much so soon.