Do You Believe in Teen Pregnancy?

Question: do you believe in teen pregnancy/parenting/ having sex?

Phyllis replied:

I don’t believe it’s a good idea for a teenage girl to subject her body to becoming pregnant, nor do I think she is ready to be a mother.  She has a lot of living to do before that happens.  I think that some teenagers turn out to be good parents, but for most I would imagine this is a burden they didn’t expect.  As for sex, I believe that teenagers are sexual beings and have very strong sexual feelings.  But I also believe there are other ways of satisfying the sexual urge than with intercourse, which can be risky for a variety of reasons.  I happen to think that Alice and Patrick handled their feelings exactly right in Intensely Alice.