Abstinence is the best choice that any teen
could make. Besides being the only reliable birth control,
abstinence can make a real difference in a teen's life.
By learning to refrain from sexual activity, a teen gains
self-respect and confidence while creating morals for themselves.
All of these traits directly influence the character in a
person as well as the rest of that person's life's choices.
Someone who has self-respect is less likely to be negatively
influenced by peers and is more likely to make wise choices.
Morals are what guides a person to make responsible decisions
and gain integrity, while self-confidence is what reveals
the hidden potential in a person.
Although many peers do pressure teens into having sexual
activity, not all fellow teenagers approve of having sex at
their age. These are the teenagers that are mature and have
respect for themselves and others. But when a teen breaks
the code of abstinence, the respect for that individual is
lost. Not only does that teen lose respect from peers, but
from adults and elders as well. People would then look upon
that teen with a different frame of mind and with a different
attitude.
When a teen practices abstinence, there is no risk of pregnancy
at all. However, when sexual abstinence is broken, the risk
of pregnancy is ever abundant. Although there are other means
of birth control such as birth control pills and condoms,
these methods are not completely reliable.
If a teen does indeed become pregnant, this can mean a number
of things for both the male and female. Having a child is
an important commitment, not just while it is young, but for
years on end. A baby also requires a lot of patience, care,
and money, which many teens do not have much of. This fact
can prove to be damaging to the child and the teens involved,
because the child will not receive adequate care and the teens
will miss out on their youthful years.
Having a baby can also take a tole on a teen's academics.
Because a child demands so much attention and time, a teen
would eventually have to put their schooling as a lower priority.
Grades would then suffer, causing college and life opportunities
to disappear. Minimum wage jobs would then be in the future
far these teens, who possibly would have had a great potential
if they had been abstinent and careful about the decisions
they made.
Achieving sexual abstinence is quite easy. First of all,
teens should stay away from the wrong crowd, the crowd that
would try to influence them in a negative way. Instead, teens
should hang out with peers that would accept them for who
they are and not try to change them. That way, peer pressure
would be avoided.
Another way for teens to achieve abstinence is to be the
individual they are. Just because same people might be sexually
active does not mean that everyone else has to be. Teens just
need to be themselves and quit worrying about what others
might think of them. Being content with themselves is much
more important than others being content with them.
Overall, practicing abstinence prepares teens for their future.
Sexual abstinence is one of the only things that teens can
control about their life and future, and yet many teens forfeit
their abstinence only to find that they no longer have control
of their life and future.
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