Abstinence and STDs

FROM NBC: When teens say one thing, science might say another! In a survey of young adults, about 10-percent said they'd been abstinent for a year or had never had sex. However they also tested positive for a sexually transmitted disease.

Those who admitted to sexual activity were twice as likely to have an STD as those who said they'd been abstinent. But researchers say that discrepancy was actually small. There were more than 14-thousand young adults in the study.

Women and African Americans were most likely to test positive for an STD.

I would like to know when kids start having sex. I know we have ran stories about kids as young as 10-years-old, but that can't be normal. I wonder the average age these days. I am sure it's too young in my opinion. What do you think?

-NewsAnchorMom Jen

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Kids and STDs

I know it's scary to think about your child getting a sexually transmitted disease. If you're like me you think, "That won't happen to my kids. They won't be that stupid." However, it does happen to a lot of kids and they don't necessarily have "bad" parents. So, you might want to start planning "the talk" with your kids. Experts say it's a good idea to talk to your kids about oral sex by age ten. I am not sure if any of my friends even had their first kiss by 10 -years-old. Wow, that seems young!

Here's the latest information on kids and STDs:

A news study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows at least one in four teenage girls nationwide has a sexually transmitted disease. (That is insanely high!)

The study found the HPV virus that causes cervical cancer is by far the most common sexually transmitted infection in girls age 14 to 19. The highest overall prevalence is among black girls. Nearly half the blacks studied had at least one STD. Among both whites and Mexican-American teens, the rate was 20 percent.

The study included more than 800 girls who participated in a 2003-2004 government health survey.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
American Academy of Pediatrics on the HPV Vaccine

Will any of you give the HPV vaccine to your girls?

-NewsAnchorMom Jen