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Few hear
pregnancy
warnings
By SHARON KILPATRICK
■icli Ncwi Staff WriUr
“We think there is a problem with teen pregnancy in this gounty, and it is getting pretty bad/’ high school guidance counselor Joyce Brown told parents at last Tuesday’s workshop on preventing teen pregnancy.
Not many heard her, however, since only a handful of parents attended the meeting.
Marion Sharp, the county’s public health nurse, echoed Mrs. Brown’s concern. “It's not just pregnancy,” she said. "We have people in their 20s with symptoms of HIV infection. They were infected as teenagers.”
Both women agreed that young children are aware of sex because of media influences. Everything from the afternoon soaps to the prime time sit-coms and the evening news is ftill of sex and sexual inuendoe. Many children report they enjoy watching R and X rated movies, Mrs. Brown said.
"Kids do not feel the need to wait to be sexually active,” she said. “What’s different now than when you were growing up. Many things that were not acceptable then, are now,” she added.
See Teens, Page A-6
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