are that you’re going to do it anyway. Why? Because when someone says that something is wrong, it brings upon this new appeal, especially to teens, which believe that they’re invisible and mature enough to do something that they may not be ready for.I most certainly agree with Perkins that teens should wait until marriage to have sex, but I strongly believe that the way he is arguing to go about the issue, is both unsafe and unrealistic. The truth is that no matter how many abstinence-only programs that teens go through, there is going to be those adolescents that are going to go out and have sex anyway. So why should those teen suffer because of the decision that they made. I think that instead of an abstinence-only program, teens should be participating in a general sexual education program. It should portray the message that one should wait until marriage to have sex, but just in case there are those people who don’t believe that, they should also be given information on how they can protect themselves. In addition to this out of home instruction, teens should also be getting some kind of lesson from the home as well. It shouldn’t just be, “Don’t have sex,” this leaves an adolescent confused and uneducated. Parents should talk to their kids about not having sex. Why they should wait, what could happen if they don’t, and how to protect themselves if they believe they are ready to have sex. This way, the teen will be well informed. It is more than likely that society will be arguing about this very same argument 20, 30, even 50 years from now, but if outside teaching, and in home messages are well designed and truly helpful, then maybe STDs and unwanted teen pregnancies can become a thing of the past....
