E.) Bong Hits For Jesus!

Why are so many more teens getting pregnant?

Some observations:

The carryover effect of the 1960s “If it feels good, do it,” attitude has made the reasons for abstaining irrelevant. This has become the age of ME FIRST.

Before: Individual responsibility — If I father a child I will marry the mother.
or:
If I become pregnant I will bear the child, love and care for it. 

Now: Forget it!  MY life is more important.

Before: Social chastisement — for both male and female.

Now:  It has become accepted that to resist ones physical urges is beyond human expectation.  You must be kidding!  Who are you to tell ME what is right or wrong?  The “village” must deal with the “mistakes” of the young. Let someone else clean up after ME.

Before: Marriage (when taken seriously) meant working through problems together.

Now: The idea of lifetime commitment between two individuals has been downgraded to “As long as we both shall love.” Hey, why not? You only live once.

These old ways weren’t dreamed up out of thin air — experience proved them to work better for all concerned — individuals and society.