Hired for a PSA, Bristol Palin speaks about how if she didn't have the support and love of her well-off family, life with her son would be very different. She attempts to show viewers that life as a teenage mom is not glamorous, but would be a struggle for somebody not in the spotlight such as herself.
The United States has been known to have one of the highest pregnancy rates amongst teenagers, especially in comparison to Europe. This has been attributed to the fact that Europe's sex education is more liberal than ours, and contraceptives are more highly used, proving that more teenage pregnancies could be prevented if there was a change in our education system.
While $1.8 billion was used on abstinence only education during the Bush administration, President Obama is supportive of age-apprioriate sex education being taught in our schools as early as kindergarten. This is thought to teach children about sexual harassment early on, so as to hopefully prevent it from going unnoticed in the home. This is a proactive way to teach young children. This is especially close to home because I have found out recently that my 10 year old brother, who has accidentally seen porn pop-ups, still does not know where babies come from.
