Why do you think teens are starting to have sex sooner ?
398414
people say kids do things cos of peer pressure.  I did things cos my sister was in high school and I was in primary school. I lost my virginity at 13 cos she was doing it and I thought it was cool, same with drinking and drugs.  Kids are given too much too young and don't know how to appreciate things anymore.  As they get older they don't have anything new to experience. Plus with the shows on tv these days don't help. My mum was still playing with dolls at 14 I stopped at 11 and my friends daughter knows all about sex at 8 due to older kids tv and radio and is more interested in boys than her dolls
479404
im not saying it cant happen, but morally it shouldnt. teenage girls are not mature enough to handle adult situations, they dont have the experience. i think older men are just taking advantage of young girls, a lot for their own egos. i dont beleive that men in their forties are not after sex. again, i dont think its right.
1174696
Young people are starting having sex way too early. They don't consider the consequences. Many are having babies and THEIR parents are having to raise the child. I work with three women who are having to do this.
1126676
THERE SHOULD BE SOME SEX EDUCATION AT ALL LEVELS OF SCHOOL\n\nkids are having sex way before high school and don't understand the risks\nkids need to be educated about their bodies and their parents are not doing a good job (many don't even know all the facts themselves)
243620
I think it's too young.  People in middle school haven't learned enough about themselves yet to be ready for relationships.... Dating so early leads to too much confusion and hurt.  When people are more mature and know themselves better, they're able to deal with the complexities of relationships much better.  It's too bad there's so much peer pressure nowadays to start dating early.
622865
People don't understand the context of difrent nations and stuff. For the most part people in the US and other contrues with similar laws are fully prepared for life and aware of all the problems that can come with sexual activity and the fact there can be compilcations with pegancies that young... so it's iligal for anyone to have sex with some one under 18 now if your over 18.\n\nIt's felt they are taking advantage of the persons nivity.\n\nHowever other contries, and even the US up untill about 100 years or so ago. It was exspected for people to be prepared for life and know thise kinda things MUCH younger and they where exspected to start there life sooner too. So boys where/are exspected to start looking for a wife as early as 11~15 and marry as soon as posable.\n\n\n\nI agree that taking advanage of younger teens and what not is wrong. But people tend to forget in the past and in other countries kids aren't as nivie at that age.
529709
Because older girls are harder to get and more experienced sexually.
356540
Why do kids have sex? I think it's because they have too much time on their hands. I think they should stay in school, and maybe lay off the X-box. Learning to spell would be another improvement, but that's just me.
1787
the earlier learns about sex..the more informed they will be later in life. Better prepared for life
1062247
if you are married and starting a family in your teens you re probably not in America. Here it is generally assumed that people want to goto college and stuff befor they form that kind of commitment.\n That being said I have found that early teens that get married tend to be married the longest. But her is the caveat. these people are not happily married and worse resent the time they have spent together. \n There are a few exceptions but mostly that is what I hve seen :)
1090649
Because of all the peer pressure out there nowadays. Even the most head strong kids can give into this. More and more teens are having sex at younger ages, and most parents figure that if they are strict when it comes to dating, then this is less likely to happen to their child. But this can totally backfire, because some teens can become rebellous and go out and have sex just to make thier parents mad.
756522
Its a combination of all three, sometimes parents don't have time to raise their children so they just turn on the tv or internet and let it do their job. Kids are being exposed to the adults world in which they are not ready for. Especially girls and that's why they end up pregnant in the teens and early 20s.
482335
peer pressure. it seems that teen girls without boyfriends have problems so they try to have at least one. having sex is a way to take up the challenge that they can do what their other friends did, or that having sex is like becoming matured or 'successful'. both kind of thinking are wrong. you should only have boyfriends who fit your needs and you should never have sex until you are married. never play with sex.
395458
i would say it could be out of curiousity..teenagers tend to think that marriage is easy and that it's something that they could just play with when in fact, it's not! they sometimes think that it's one way of escaping from the problem that they are currently facing..
11322
Young ones are curious. Sex is something rare. If everyone is naked and sex is casual. We would think about clothes.
1001113
why do so many h/s girls  have sex\n\n\njust wait and give it time eventually the right one will come
164734
I sure hope you're only thinking it, not actually planning or doing it.  \n\nEverything is wrong with statutory rape.\n\nThe law does not prohibit you from having a teenage lover, it's just that it has to be platonic until she/he turns adult.  This is because people (state legislatures) have decided that young girls/boys at the peak of adolescence are legally incapable of making rational decisions when it comes to sex.  There is also a public health concern in that teenagers usually do not think about STD or pregnancy when they have sex.  \n\nSome states have made exceptions that exclude "mutual" statutory rapes - they do not prosecute underage people having consensual sex.  However, the law still (and especially) applies when the age disparity is more significant.  This is because younger minds are more easily impressed and coerced.  They are very vulnerable against those predators, and sometimes the statutory rape law is the only thing keeping them safe.  (I would personally have a loaded shotgun pointed at the my daughter’s boyfriend as an additional deterrent.)  \n\nThe basis of your objection stems from past (or foreign) societal norms where people tend to marry early.  However, that norm simply no longer exists.  People rarely marry in their teens.  And when they have sex, they do not think marriage is necessarily involved.  In this context, it’s usually the young girls who have to bear the consequences of sex – single parenthood, unwanted pregnancy.  The father may or may not have the means to pay child support.  The law also aims to eliminate this social burden.  \n\nRational minds certainly can differ on this issue.  But I think most would agree that delaying sex in teenagers would be a good thing – for themselves and society as a whole.  The important thing is that when the law has spoken, compliance is not optional.  It’s not harsh if you think about it – if you love someone enough, you would wait.  If someone doesn’t love you enough to wait, he ain’t worth it.  If a  “cool off” waiting period seems like a good idea when buying a gun, it’s also a good idea when you’re potentially making a life-changing decision.