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Stolen from PC&E board...
I saw this on the PC&E board and had to repost since it pertains to the UO post below. Another reason why we need actual Sex Ed in school and not teach abstience.
http://www.kltv.com/Global/story.asp?S=13837102
As Memphis City Schools leaders discuss the best way to deal with the crisis at Frayser High School, one young student is dealing with parenthood.
The Action News 5 Investigators recently discovered 90 girls who attend Frayser High School are now pregnant or have already had a baby this school year.
Frayser is in Memphis City School Board member Stephanie Gatewood's district. She said a former principal of the school first sounded the alarm about the issue about a year ago.
Sources told Action News 5 there is a massive initiative in the works dedicated to preventing teen pregnancy in the Frayser community. The initiative will include after-school and in-school programs funded with grant money and run by a local nonprofit that already does some work for city schools.
Gatewood said there are programs right now to help students.
"Noting that our young ladies absolutely did not get pregnant in the hallways of our schools," said Gatewood. "So while everything that happens in our communities, it just spills over into our schools. Now we as a community have to deal with them."
Greenwood said the school board has implemented some plans to help children who are already parents or are about to become parents.
Meanwhile, Terrika Sutton is getting used to the challenges of being a teen mom.
Sutton's two-month-old daughter, Camiya, keeps the 16-year-old Frayser High School student busy.
"In the morning time, she'll wake me up about 5:00, and I'll get up and find me something to wear to school," said Sutton. "I'll get her dressed, and if she has to go somewhere, her daddy keeps her sometimes and I'll get ready for school."
Sutton said she was five months along when she found out she was pregnant. Her parents and classmates were stunned.
"They were like, 'Terrika, I never knew you would get pregnant,'" she said. "I was like, 'well, it happened.'"
Roughly 20 percent of the female student population at Frayser High is already experiencing the trials of parenthood.
"It's a shame that all these girls at Frayser are pregnant, but it ain't nothing new," said Sutton. "Some girls just try to do it because they think it's cute. For some, it's an accident."
Sutton said she believes some girls are making agreements with each other to get pregnant.
"They probably plan it," she said. "Plan what they're going to do to get pregnant. No telling."
Sutton said educators need to do more to try to help prevent teen pregnancies.
"They need a class where they can teach the girls before they get pregnant to use protection and stuff," said Sutton. "And don't try to get pregnant."
Re: Stolen from PC&E board...
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.
Pregnancy pact? For real?
How disappointing as a parent. I would DIE.
I just could not imagine! The most my HS ever had pg at one time was maybe 10 or 11. Which does sound like alot but we had a really high school population. Plus where I'm from teen pregnancy isn't something that is really uncommon.
When I was in 8th grade there was a girl pregnant with her second child. As a parent though I would feel like I should have done more to educate my child. Which I plan on doing. My parents were "abstience is best" people and the school didn't really go into great detail about it. This is not the route I will be following.
it all really just makes me sad. I'm sad for the teens, sad for their parents, sad for the babies. It really just seems like no one wins.
I don't think the teens who plan to get pregnant have any understanding of what it is to be a parent. Even on 16 and Pregnant one of the girls who gave her baby up for adoption got a dog afterwards and said if she had gotten the dog first she wouldn't have gotten pregnant because caring for the dog is a lot of work. I wanted to tell her, I have a dog and I have had a puppy and caring for them is NOTHING like caring for child. Caring for the dog is cake compared to caring for a newborn or even a toddler. CAKE!
I think Janelle said during her episode too that she didn't really think about the baby part. She just pictured herself with a kid who could walk and talk and play.
It really scares me that even if I teach my kids about safe sex and pregnancy prevention and such that it won't be enough. It sort of makes me want to never let them leave the house!
I'll admit that when I was in high school - shoot, even in college - I didn't know the first thing about motherhood or even safe sex. My mom was one of those that was like, "No sex until you're married. End of discussion." Clearly, that went out the window when I got pregnant with JJ a year before I got married, but I digress.
I wish my mom had taught me about safe sex and didn't just tell me that I couldn't do it. I do agree that most teens probably think that babies are self-sufficient and they can continue to live their lives the way they want, even after the baby is born. Too little is done to give them a well-rounded education on pregnancy prevention, not just abstinence.
I can't imagine though - 90 girls pregnant or moms already in one school?! I think we had four in my graduating class of 235, but 90 is a lot. Holy moly.