YOUTH PREGNANCY & PARENTHOOD AWARENESS

Nationally, a campaign for Youth Pregnancy & Parenthood Awareness would include:

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• Comprehensive sex education (K-12) that focuses on health risk as well as the mental, social, behavioral, and emotional effects that come with having a sexual relationship too early;

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• Resources that describe the socio-economic impact on teen parent families and the community if we fail to eliminate barriers that lead to generational pregnancy and poverty;

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• Provide school administrators tools and education to identify students who show signs of risky sexual behaviors, trauma, or have discussed adverse childhood experiences that would encourage an early sexual relationship; and

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• Community conversations to propose and implement initiatives to support young families.   

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Are you a parent, educator, or caregiver who needs help having the conversation? Learn more

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