My research paper is about why high schools should provide condoms to students, along with comprehensive sex education programs. I hope to enlighten the reader about high school sex education by answering these questions: How will providing condoms keep students safe? Will sex education benefit children? And finally, didn't sex education influence the generation before us? My opinion is that most teens will have sex, it's natural and instinctive, but making teens less ignorant about sex and providing them with a way to practice safer sex will result in fewer teen pregnancies, STDs, and more choices. intelligent about sex. The articles I chose are medically accurate and provide reasons to support sex education programs and why it is important to talk to teens about healthy sexual choices. Kieffer, Chris. “Sex education debate: Teaching contraception is a key divide.” Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal (Tupelo, MS) October 3, 2013: Viewpoint Reference Center. Network. Nov. 8, 2013. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal uses information from Mississippi to agree that more young people are having sex and having children in their state. Their solution is to install sex education into their curriculum to reduce these numbers. Another thing is that they had abstinence-only sex for five years, so obviously it didn't work. I will use this study to demonstrate the need for comprehensive sex education in the school curriculum, not just old puritans telling teenagers not to have sex and if they do they will go to Hell. I believe this will demonstrate the need for real options in a state with the highest number of sexually active and pregnant teens. "Availability of condoms in schools". Availability of condoms at school. Np, nd Web. 08 November 2013. This article clearly states condominium... in the center of the paper... the article supports my point of view and provides new reasons to practice safe sex. Today our youth are overwhelmed with all kinds of advertisements and rumors about sex, and this article debunks these myths. Plus, the titles of all sections are questions, so you get frequently asked questions and additional information. “Talking about sex with children.” WebMD. WebMD, May 28, 2010. Web. Nov. 8, 2013. This article describes how to present sexual information to teens and why you should. It also includes information about the definition of sex and how to spot if a child has unsafe or abnormal sexual habits, such as "angry sexual language, gestures, or touching to hurt others." Most sex education programs don't talk about preventing dating and stranger sexual abuse. I think it will help me paint a clear picture of what happens in high school and middle school and how to prevent it.