Birth Control

Giving Birth Control Devices to Teenagers

Giving birth control devices to teenager s is very common among today’s society. Parents want their kid to remain a virgin but in today’s world that is very unlikely. Many parents have trouble on deciding when to talk to your kids about birth control or just taking them to go get birth control. Parents have the decision on whether or not you support their child on having sex by giving them birth control. You have the worry of your child getting pregnant. So, the problem posed is do parents give the child birth control or is it supporting their child to be sexual. Birth control is just any method of a woman not getting pregnant. (Baker) With teens able to go get birth control on their own without parental consent and a variety of new birth controls available, teens do not pay attention to the facts of all the different birth controls.
Many sex education class just preach abstinence, and not how to use birth controls properly or tell the teens of the failure rate. Schools are now getting involved, some even handing out birth control, but not explaining how to properly use them. Birth control decisions should be kept at home, between the parents and the child. Schools should keep teaching sex education, just refrain from giving the students birth control. Schools should start teching kid s more facts about the birth controls and how to properly use them. Schools should also be there for any questions and teach kids the risks of having sex. (Parsons) “Young people get involved in sex primarily because our culture works overtime to promote extra-marital sex, in books, movies, music, television and drama. Teens are taught that sex is something they have a right to enjoy without consequences. Handing out condoms and birth control pills only underscores this fallacy.” (Parsons)
There are two main birth controls teens use which is a condom for the guys and birth control pills for the girl. These both are good for preventing pregnancy, but only if used correctly. Condoms are a way of protects but after using them the first time teens tend to slack on using them every time. Condoms can be effective if used properly. Most teen guys are given these by their parent or they just walk into any drug store and buy them. The father of the teen never quite tells the teen how to properly use the condom or that they do not protect against STDs. The teen might find these things out through the schools sex education program, but most likely will not due to the fact that most schools do not teach teens how to use protection. “Encyclopedia” The birth control pill for girls is just like a condom very effective if used properly. The teen girls can now go to pregnancy centers to get birth controls without parents and they do explain it to every detail. The fact of it is that giving the teen girl birth control without parent permission means she will try to hide it and one way it will not work is if you do not take it the same time every day. Thus, the teen girl is hiding it and maybe cannot take it at the time she regularly does due to the fact the parent will find out. Parents should by the time their child is entering middle school have the talk about birth controls and that if they have any questions to come to them. “Encyclopedia” Not only is giving birth controls to a teen a controversial thing for parents, it also is one of the biggest decisions that parent will have to make for their child. Parents will always want their kid safe but at what cost? Parents will have the choice of being a part of teaching the teen about sex and how to use birth controls which will in the end benefit the child for when he or she is ready to become sexual, or just hope the child doesn’t have sex till he or she is older. Most kids by then will have birth control by then and rely on it too much. So, the question is giving teens birth control okay? Depends how you look at it.
"Birth Control." International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Oct. 2012<http://www.encyclopedia.com>..
Parsons, Tom “Should Schools Give Teens Birth Control” Helium. May 5, 2008. http://www.helium.com/items/1031307-should-schools-give-teens-birth-control
Baker, Elizabeth “Teenagers and Birth control.” Professors House. July 2012. http://www.professorshouse.com/Family/Teens/Articles/Teenagers-and-Birth-Control/