Though schools are talking about safe sex and body changes, many parents wish to avoid the topic until later in life. Waiting too long to inform teenage children about safe sex can be crucial to their decisions throughout high school. Telling children about safe sex is an advantage to preventing teen pregnancy, yet waiting too long to advise sex is a disadvantage to preventing teen pregnancy. The article “Centers for Disease Control and Prevention” (2015) states, “Parents should be encouraging them not to have sex” (para. 10). Even though many parents think encouraging their children not to have sex is a normal thing to do as a parent, some do not discuss this topic deeply and try to hid their child from the effects of sex. Parents should always encourage their teen to no be having sex, for their can be vital consequences that may occur (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, …show more content…
All the different types of birth control show an advantage in preventing teen pregnancy because they are more reliable than many of the other items used for prevention. According to the article “Teen Pregnancies in the United States” (2016), “More teens that are sexually active may be using more birth control than last years” (para. 1). In the past years teens have been ill informed on the impact of birth control and other forms of pregnancy prevention. Birth control is cheaper to have than the cost it would be to raise a baby, which is why more people are making the better decision to stay safe. Birth control comes in a variety of forms to fit each woman 's personal comfort level (Teen Pregnancies in the United States,