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Eye opening numbers on how many teens get involved in "sexting": 20% of teens overall …Report having electronically sent or posted online nude or semi-nude pictures or video of themselves 39% of all teens …Report having sent suggestive messages 48% of teens say they have received such messages 15% of teens who have sent or posted nude/seminude images of themselves say they have done so to someone they only knew online. 66% of teen girls and 60% of teen boys say they did so to be “fun or flirtatious”— their most common reason for sending sexy content. 40% of teen girls said they sent sexually suggestive messages or images as “a joke.” 34% of teen girls say they sent/posted sexually suggestive content to “feel sexy.” 12% of teen girls say they sent/posted sexually suggestive content felt “pressured.”
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Decisions!
The only 100% effective way to avoid having a baby is to not have sex. Abstinence is the most effective method of birth control and many teens choose this option. For some, this means not having sex until they're married.
Good Choices
Did you know that teens who abstain from sex are less likely to be depressed and to attempt suicide; to experience STDs; to have children out-of-wedlock; much more likely to be depressed, commit suicide
and to live in poverty and welfare dependence as adults?
A Difference
Halifax County Schools and Weldon City Schools are the recepients of a Community- Based Abstinence Education (CBAE) grant through the Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children...