Nowadays, the United States and other parts of the world are dealing with a lot of problems concerning teens. One of the major issues is teens that engage in pre-martial sex. Since the ninety's teenagers think they are mature, that they know how to handle every problem, that they are independent, and that they know the meaning of love and know the responsablities that come with having sex, but they don't. Many teenagers engage in sex at a very age for the wrong reasons. This is a problem that society is trying is to fix but it is not working because rates are continuing to go up.
Pre-martial sex is to engage in sexual intercourse with someone before you are married to that person. The church disagrees with that concept because the church believes that every person that is engaging in sexual activity should be married to that person that they are performing such actions with. .
"It is proven that, adolescents are prone to impulsive behaviors and risk-taking which causes eighty two percent of teenage pregnancies to be intended and sixty nine percent to be unplanned."(The Cause of High Birth Rate p.87) Pregnancy at a young age destroys the life of the baby's parents, especially the mother. "Teenage bearing interferes with the education and employment prospects of the young mother and their prospects for marriage." (The Cause of High Birth Rate" p.88) Many teenagers engage in the sex for all the wrong reasons. Although many girl's become pregnant and guy's get them pregnant it isn't primarily because of their individual and family character because that is not fixed it's other things that influence them to go about their decision. Teenagers at a young age seem to think that they know what is best for them and they try to move away form the home structure and begin to try new things. Some do drugs, others deal drugs, but many engage in sex. The majority of them do it because they either don't want to get dumped by the other partner, to be cool, or just because they think they are in love.