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Considering the vast amount of adolescent brain research that we now have at our fingertips, to state that teens are careless about sex would be useless-they care but do not make very good connections between behavior and results, put emotional relationships above logic, and do not process information in the same way as adults. Now we know teens need much more than they are getting from communities, schools and parents to make good decisions regarding sexual activity. Knowing about the teen brain, there is an excuse for unplanned pregnancies!-there is no excuse that we are not using this information as a community and change our approach.
So many adults with fully developed brains can make poor decisions that lead to unwanted pregnancies. How many youngest children slipped into a family unplanned? Most teens do not have a capacity to FULLY understand the consequences of their actions when they choose to have sex. If we want to see a change, we need to take responsibility for how we prepare teens for decisions surrounding sex.

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