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Parents in the Know
As a parent, it is important that you are talking to your teen about sex. You are the most influential person in their life when it comes to their decision about whether they will have sex or not.
Not only is it important that you have discussions with your teen about sex, but it is also important for you to advocate for your teen and the messages that they will hear from others.
How can you advocate for your teen?
- Call your teen’s principal and find out what is being taught for sex education in the school. If abstinence is not being taught, write a letter to the principal advocating why you believe your teen needs to at least hear a message about abstinence. Here is a sample letter.
- Write a letter to your local school board advocating that abstinence education should be emphasized in the schools.
- Find out if your local community has a health advisory committee. If so, attend a meeting and listen to their votes about what curricula is approved to teach.
- Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper.Here is a sample letter.
- Write an Op-Ed for your local newspaper. Here is a sample Op-Ed.
- Call or write your state legislature and local congressman to advocate that they continue to support abstinence education Here is a sample letter.
- Start a group of concerned parents for your community.
- Encourage your teens to also advocate for themselves by writing letters to their principal, letter to the editor, or to their Congressman. Students’ voices are sometimes louder than the adults’.
- Join the South Carolina Healthy Family Formation Coalition to stay connected with updated press releases and action alerts.
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