Vermilion Parish Louisiana and Teen Essay

Certainly it would give rise to debate within the community, and would perhaps because it circumvents the authority that was asserted by the community in limiting the teen's awareness to abstinence, would eventually have to be abandoned because of the ways in which the community would relate the process to what it actually is: getting the kids the information on birth control.

If educating the kids as to the alternatives available to them is prohibited, then it becomes incumbent upon the health professionals to take the discussions to the parents. Since most kids, estimated at 47%, say that their decisions about sex are most influenced by their parents (the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, 2007, found online at then educating the parents must become the focus of the effort. If Vermilion Parish and other places within and outside of Louisiana would tie the hands of educators and health professionals by limiting discussion with the teens to abstinence, then taking the information to the parents must be a consideration.Mandatory discussion with the parents, before the course of abstinence training commences, must be conducted wherein the subjects of teen pregnancy, and what it means to the family in the way of economic, emotional, social, and environmental living space for the family as a whole should be conducted. The ways in which the family of the teen who becomes pregnant is affected must be discussed with the parents prior to commencing abstinence training with the teens. The hope is that given a dose of the reality of what changes the family will experience in the responsibilities associated with teen pregnancies will be an incentive or at least impetus for the parents to have the discussions with their teens.

Reference List

The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Sexual Health Statistics for Teenagers and Young Adults in the United States, September, 2006.

The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, 'American Opinion on Teen

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