A Special Note to Teenagers

Teenagers need to be informed by their parents about sex, not from friends or teachers.  So many parents and teachers now are just telling teens the different forms of protection.  Intercourse is so much more than just getting pregnant and having a baby though, which is all that different forms of birth control will "protect" you from.  It is a way to bond and get closer to your spouse, someone who loves and protects you.  Someone who has committed to be yours and only yours, and to be with you through everything you face.  With your spouse you become "one flesh", and if you have sex outside of marriage you will not experience that bonding completely.  Consider also how much better it is when there is only one person in the world that you have given yourself to, your whole self to, and when they have done the same for you.  It means so much more to you and to them if they know you can be trusted to keep that experience and love sacred between the two of you.  I know from my own experience how much more special and comforting it is that my husband and I have only shared this bond with each other and no one else.