How Young is Too Young? Emotional Development and Sexuality in Teens
Teenagers are not adults, but neither are they children. This patchwork of mix-n-match labeling, long arms and short torsos, oily skin and red lipstick, huge feet and tiny attention spans, cause many teens to race their own hormones to the finish line, sometimes using their sexuality to define themselves, to jump the line out of the chaos and into adulthood; to finish with the awkward developmental greyness.
Yet our teen pregnancy rates are high enough to raise eyebrows and sound alarm bells. What kind of information is out there and what are our teens doing to avail themselves of the right information to make choices that will promote a healthy attitude toward sex as well as allow them to have rich, rewarding, fulfilling and economically sound lives? While some teens can and do have safe, fulfilling, exciting and passionate sex, many are struggling with emotional boundaries, self esteem, complex social dynamics and, in too many cases, the anguish, confusion and possible regret of pregnancy.
Of course this does not imply that there are no successful teen parents; there always have been and there always will be.
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