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“The most important thing in the world is family and love.” What if your
family is broken? Is the children should be okay too? Or is this the reason why
they are trying to get rid of the relationship that is not right in time, which causes
One in ten young Filipino women age 15-19 has begun childbearing: 8%
are already mothers and another 2% are pregnant with their first child according
to the results of the 2013 National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS).
Among young adult women age 20 to 24, 43% are already mothers and 4% are
Children from broken homes are twice as likely to have sex before the age of 16,
the legal age of consent, as those living with both parents, according to a report
said they had engaged in underage sex compared with only 13 per cent of
teenagers whose parents were married or cohabiting, the Family Education Trust
found.
The report, which questioned 2,250 children aged 13 to 15, showed that
the high divorce rate in Britain had serious implications for children's attitudes
towards sex, said Valerie Riches, founder president of the trust, an independent
She said: "When there is disturbance in family children feel rejected and they
look for love and stability. They mistakenly believe they will find these elements
in a partner and through sex. The vast majority, especially girls, deeply regret
what they have done and suffer emotionally. “Concerns over the prevalence of
underage sex in Britain are borne out by the rate of teenage pregnancy, the
highest in Western Europe. But the report, Sex Under Sixteen?, showed that a
minority - 17 per cent - of children was sexually active, with almost a fifth
believing that sex before marriage was wrong and less than a half condoning
protected sex at any age. Asked why they had sex, a third said "it just
happened", 19 per cent were drunk, six per cent were persuaded by their boy or
girlfriend, three per cent cited peer pressure and four per cent, all girls, said they
had no choice.
children believed in the institution of marriage. More than two thirds disagreed
with the statement that "marriage is old-fashioned and no longer relevant", 89 per
cent said they wanted to find a wife or husband and 66 per cent said they wanted
to get married because they needed "to feel secure and loved". Robert Whelan,
director of the Family Education Trust, said: "If the Government is serious about
Association, said that sex education should focus more on improving children's
the most important part is developing children's negotiating skills, which would
hopefully stop them just drifting into relationships. Too much attention is given to