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Songs on Teen Sex

1)A great song to use to discourage premarital sex(as well as the video): "The Party's Over," by Kenny Marks. The songs tells the story of a girl who goes to a party, falls for sex, gets pregnant, and finds herself raising a child alone. 2)"Old Enough To Know" by Michael W. Smith. Shows the pressures that young girls face.

Eddie Van Halen on One Night Stands

"I don't like one-night stands. I wanna have kids. I wanna go through life with somebody." (Guitarist Eddie Van Halen, before he was married, in Rolling Stone, June 21, '84)

Cheerleader Makes A Stand

A senior had remained a virgin all of her 17 years. But after becoming a cheerleader, she found that all of the cheerleaders had had sex and were pressuring her to do the same. At a sleepover, they put her down, insinuating she was a lesbian. But she simply looked them in their eyes and said, "In fifteen minutes in the back seat of a car I could become what you are. But no matter how hard you try, you can never become what I am." (Heard at a youth conference) ? Copyright 2002 Steve Miller - All Rights Reserved

You Think a Pimple's Hard to Explain?

I saw a poster of a very pregnant girl with the caption: "If you think a pimple is hard to explain, try explaining this." (For Powerpoint: Use a picture with the caption.)

The Price of Great Sex

Don't settle for the mediocre, and worse, sex that most youth are having today. "Why not go for the extraordinary sex-and-love that will last a lifetime? But don't think you can get it without making a few sacrifices along the way. The runner trains to win a prize. The doctor studies when he's tired enough to drop, in order to save lives. Lovers who want to be the very best have to pay a price, too. They have to wait." (After You Graduate, ed. by Steve Lawhead, p. 47)

Walter Trobish on Sex

According to God's Word, sex brings about a lasting union that goes beyond the physical. Consequently, the relational breakups that most teens go through, which are already emotional, are intensified when sex has been a part of the relationship. Walter Trobisch compares it to trying to separate two pieces of paper that have been glued together. You can't do it without tearing one or the other. Walter Trobish

STD's Among Sexually Active

One fourth of all sexually active adolescnts will become infected with a sexually transmitted disease before graduating from high school. (Atlanta Journal)

Youths' Perception vs. Reality

Youth perceive that the overwhelming majority of their peers are sexually active, but studies report only 34.8% of high school students are currently sexually active (have had sex in the past three months). ("Trends in Sexual Risk Behaviors Among High School Students, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Sept. 18, 1998/ Vol. 47/No. 36) (So, if peer pressure is one of the primary reasons for first engaging in sex, we must destroy the myth that "everybody is doing it.") ? Copyright 2002 Steve Miller - All Rights Reserved

Rate of Sexual Abuse

"About 1 in every 4 girls will be sexually abused by the time they are 18. The chances are 1 in 8 for boys." (USA Today, 9/29/89)

Why Teens Have Sex

Why teenage girls have sex: peer pressure (34%), pressure from boys (17%), "everyone is doing it" (14%), curiosity (14%), love (11%). For guys: Peer pressure (26%), curiosity (16%), sexual gratification (10%), love (6%). (1986 Planned Parenthood survey)

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