Candie's Foundation

I support Bristol's efforts to speak out against teen pregnancy. Of course abstinence is realistic, but it is unfortunately not the path that many teenagers take. I gave into temptation as a teenager and had a beautiful baby boy at the age of 18. I was uneducated of the risks of teenage sex and wish there were more information sources available ... Read Morewhen I was a teen. I do not view my son as a mistake or accident, I, too, see him as a blessing - however it was a long, hard road.... he is now 9 and doing great, and I plan to educate him of the importance of waiting to have sex so that he does not have the same difficult path as I did.

Bristol is right when she said that abstinence education is unrealistic. In today's society, teens and preteens are being bombarded with sexual content. With most parents being embarrassed to talk about sex, they're left to interpret these images by themselves. Proper education is need to help teens and preteens make sense of the images they see in... Read More movies and on tv. I hope now that Bristol is with the candie's foundation that it will show people how important it is to educate American teens and preteens about safe sex.