Growing up too quickly

[Diciple]

I have been reading in my Church magazine to-day of 'Braz' dolls which are dressed in an extremly provocative way. Bright eye shadow, lipstick etc. Almost one in six 15-year-olds in the UK was given contraception last year, despite being too young to legally have sex. 51,000 girls aged 15 attended contraception clinics in 2006-07 with 31,000 aged 13 or 14.
This is such a great pity that these young people are so carried away by the media. They need to live a more wholesome, more innocent lifestyle. We in our Churches need to pray that these young people will not get caught up in a fast moving celebrity culture. Help them to be more sensible and more responsible.

 

[Micah68]

I have been reading in my Church magazine to-day of 'Braz' dolls which are dressed in an extremly provocative way. Bright eye shadow, lipstick etc. Almost one in six 15-year-olds in the UK was given contraception last year, despite being too young to legally have sex. 51,000 girls aged 15 attended contraception clinics in 2006-07 with 31,000 aged 13 or 14.
This is such a great pity that these young people are so carried away by the media. They need to live a more wholesome, more innocent lifestyle. We in our Churches need to pray that these young people will not get caught up in a fast moving celebrity culture. Help them to be more sensible and more responsible.

Having a seven year old daughter I totally agree. There is opportunity though to teach our children to be individuals, to be confident and happy with who they are, by ourselves living by example. If our children see us trying to live up to the 'Jones' they will most likely do the same. As mothers of daughters, who hopefully wish to mimic Mom, we have a responsibility to lead by example.

 

[dayhiker]

I'd not deny that culture has to do with how young people think. But in my mind the main reason you people are interested in sexual things is with the good nutrition we have to say, young people are going God created us to have a major change in perspective on the world as we go thru puberty. Even in Biblical days they understood that one was physical ready for marriage at age 13-14 and they didn't have as good of a nutrition then as we do today.

dayhiker