Risky buisness essay draft

These days having a sex life does not only pertain to adults but also to teens. And being that teens are still considered children, they tend to not make the best decisions. So being that their parents have one of the biggest influences on their child, they should have some enlightenment on their child's sex life. And by enlightenment I mean knowing and answering any questions their child may have or knowing if their child knows how to have protected sex.

Most teens and even parents would disagree with the idea of knowing about their child's sex life because they may invade their privacy or is too uncomfortable to talk about. In one study of 700 students in Philadelphia 58% of the teens admitted having sex but only 1/3 of their parents knew they were having sex. This shows that a parent talking to their teens about sex is not something that's commonly done or enforced.

But on the other hand many actually think that parents knowing and talking to their teens about their sex life's helps teens build more understanding and knowledge of the consequences of sex and how to have safe sex. In one statistic it mentions that parents have the most influence on their children's decisions about sex. And that 2/3 of all teens share their parent's values on sex. So if teens have better values on sex and making better decisions about having sex then the number of teen pregnancies and STD's should slowly start to lower. So having talks about sex
more often with your parents is not such a horrible thing.

Also parents having some enlightenment on their child's sex life actually builds trust in their relationship with their child because it gives parents some reassurance that their child is making safe choices and makes teens feel safer when they know how to make the right decisions. In one article they mention that "open communication and discussion about difficult issues such as sex will build trust between you and your child and can help your child make safe decisions." This shows significance of how effective and important it is when a parent is aware of their child's sex life.

So as you can already tell from what I've said, as someone is a parent your responsibility is to know about your child's sex life because in the long run it will benefit not only both of you but bring you closer to your child, and help them to grow up into a responsible and smart person as they grow into becoming adults themselves.