Being a teenager isn’t always easy. A life of an average teenager has its up’s and downs. The ups being you’re wiser than you once were, allowed to dress yourself, date, etc. The downs being some things you’re too old for and other things you’re too young for, you’re not always be taken seriously. Not to mention your emotions are out of control! Yes, being a teen has its spoken issues that you see on everyday television; depression, anger, academic skills, grades, parenting problems, obesity, but what about the unspoken problems? The one thing parents honestly don’t like talking about with their children. STD’s (Sexually Transmitted Disease) and STI’s (Sexually Transmitted Infections).

I believe not enough parents are talking about safe sex/ abstinence with their children. Over the years, more and more teens are becoming pregnant and getting STD’s. I believe if more parents talk to their teens
According to (WebMD) the U.S. each year there were twenty million new infections and 75% of all reported cases was in age rage fifteen to twenty-nine.

Some people would say that parents talk about safe sex but sometimes that’s not enough to prevent their child from having unprotected or protected sex, but the reason it isn’t always affective is because the parents don’t really go into details on the dangers of having sex because, let’s face it, talking about sex with your parents isn’t something you would put on your list of things to do, but regardless on the touchy topic parents still need to discuss abstinence, or refraining from sex.

Not even all parents know their teens are sexually active. Forty-six percent of high school students have had sex but six in ten reported by (Something.org), have used a condom during their most recent sexual intercourse and have a higher risk of getting a STD.
One fourth of teens get a STD/STI every year. I think most parents aren’t stepping in enough to stop this. I’m not saying it’s the parents fault, because the teen is old enough to know right from wrong, but children only can use what the parents give them. Chlamydia rates continue to increase each year (About.com). With older girls having the highest rates of Chlamydia trachomatis infections; 1,108,374 total cases: 13,629 cases in children 10 to 14 years old, 379,418 cases in teens 15 to 19 years old, and 402,595 cases in young adults 20 to 24 years old.

Statistics alone prove not enough parents are talking to their children about safe sex or abstinence. Not only did I write this to inform parents about the dangers I also wrote this to let teens know of the dangers from unprotected/protected sex. There should be more sexual education classes in schools (optional) and the schools that do have sex ed. should hand out condoms to the class because if teens make the choice to have sex there should be protected. When I am an adult, I’m going to build a clinic that teens can talk to someone for a small fee when they think they have no one else to talk. This will stop most teens from having unsafe or sex because now they have someone trusted they can talk to and know the true risk of having sex, but this is only an alternative. Teens need to talk to their patents before they have sexual intercourse, and parents must talk more to their teens about abstinence and safe sex.