today's teens??

[Tammy]

An excellent quote, Sis Allene. I think I'll post that on my weblog! ...and maybe print it out and stick it in my Bible, too.

Thanks for sharing that!

[jessicasherrow]

Sister Nancy, I like the purity rings idea and actually just mentioned the idea to my husband the other day. Anyhow, I went to public school and took a sex ed class. I will tell you it was a joke. Everyone was whispering and laughing the whole time. Nobody took it seriously and it showed. In 8th grade, at the age of 13, a classmate got pregnant. I also know of at least 4 other girls who were in my grade and were pregnant in school. It is a sad thing. One girl a grade above me got pregnant and married. She had to change her name and everything. I also, sad to say, did not wait until marriage. I hate that. I know how damaging that can be. I sometimes get sad thinking about couples that I know waited until marriage. How special that must feel to know that you are the only one and they are your only one. I cannot change the past, only improve my future. So, now I just hope I can teach my 3 boys the best I can to wait until marriage.

[Deleted]

Sister Jessica, did you go to my school? It sounds the same ver batim.

One of my friends got pregnant at age 14 and then by the time I graduated, 10 of my friends had had babies. Sadly many of them had multiple abortions as well :/. Our sex ed was a joke as well, they tried to teach abstinence but it didn't take. The sex ed my parents taught me about was better than what the school taught. I wish the school systems would leave it to the parents, but I guess that's why so many Christians homeschool?

I like the purity rings too, great idea for boys and girls. They were just catching on when I left school.

I honestly don't know of any couples who waited until marriage, even some of my Penecostal friends. Hubby and I have been our only (if you catch my drift), but sadly we didn't wait either.

Sorry if this came off as odd lol, it's early in the day yet and my brain is missing lol.

Katrina

[rachel]

Hi everyone,

Sorry to bring this post back to the top - it's not a very nice subject - but I felt I had to comment on it. The way many posts are written here seem to say that every teenager has sex before they marry. That's not true!

I guess this stereotype annoys me more than most people because I'm fourteen.

Maybe it's different in America, but here I think sex-ed programmes a pretty good compared to what you people have been saying. Schools give parents the option not to allow the kid to attend that class, and sex-ed lesson happen every years or so for a few weeks in public schools.

Lots of parents here won't let their kids have sex under 18 (that's legal adult age). One of my friend's sister has had a boyfriend for a few years now since she was 15 and her parent's wouldn't let her be in a room by herself with just the boyfriend - there had to be someone else in there. That family aren't Christians but they still had that value.

But I understand what you all mean by that homeschooling is better in regards to that sort of thing. My primary school was a public school but most of the kids were Roman Catholics who wouldn't even think that word, once they were old enough to know what it means. But last year I went to a public high school, and it seemed that was pretty much all the kids talked about. It was disgusting! Apart from the fact that most of the kids put in language that I wouldn't even think in between every second word!

This year I do school by correspondance, which isn't properly homeschooling, but I am schooled-at-home. I go to a homeschooler's group which is mostly (maybe 90%) Christians. No offence to anyone who sends their kids to face-to-face schools, but I prefer schooled-at-home options. Most schools don't teach core values like respect, modesty, kindness, non-vulgarity in speech, marriage, et cetera.

Anyway, I got really off-the-topic here, but please people just remember that not everyone is the steroetypical modern teenager, and there are lots of us out there that people don't here about, who have the same values as you adults but have to live with these stereotypes stamped onto us.

I hope I haven't offended anyone,

With love from Sister Rachel.

[Brother Ben]

Sister Rachel,

You said:

...just remember that not everyone is the steroetypical modern teenager, and there are lots of us out there that people don't here about, who have the same values as you adults...

Young Sister,

It is my prayer that you have values that exceed most of the adults I know! Thank you for standing for Christ, holiness, and purity in this dirty old world.

Bro. Ben