A new US study has revealed that low income kids are likely to experience their first sexual intercourse at the tender age of 12.
A new US study has revealed that low income kids are likely to experience their first sexual intercourse at the tender age of 12.
The research involving 1,000 low-income families showed that one in four children between the ages of 11 and 16 reported having sex, with their first sexual intercourse experience occurring at the average age of 12.77.
Sex Education For Teenagers
Encyclopedia section of medindia explaining about Why Sex Education Is Required For Teenagers?
Encyclopedia section of medindia explaining about Why Sex Education Is Required For Teenagers?
"A handful of kids reported having sex as early as 8 or 9. We know from our follow-up interviews that one boy who reported having sexual intercourse for the first time at age nine had fathered four children by the time he was 18.
"Those people who say that kids don't have sex at that young of age should think again," the expert added.
Charities Want Sex Education for Kids as Young as Four
Sexual health charities Brook and the Family Planning Association are calling for sex education for kids as young as four so as to reduce teen pregnancies.
Sexual health charities Brook and the Family Planning Association are calling for sex education for kids as young as four so as to reduce teen pregnancies.
The boys also had nearly 10 percent higher frequency of intercourse than girls.
Kids' Popular Online Searches Include Sex: Study
Children are searching online for videos, social networks, games and, yes, porn as they grow up in an Internet Age, according to computer security firm Symantec.
Children are searching online for videos, social networks, games and, yes, porn as they grow up in an Internet Age, according to computer security firm Symantec.
The study appears online in the Children and Youth Services Review.
Losing Virginity at Early Stage Turns School Kids into Criminals
A new study has challenged the widely believed view that high school students who lose their virginity at an early age tend to take to a life of crime.
A new study has challenged the widely believed view that high school students who lose their virginity at an early age tend to take to a life of crime.
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