Is there a Link Between TV and Teen Pregnancy?
Posted By: Elisabeth Wilkins, EP Editor
Category: Adolescent Sexuality, Media, Teens, Tweens
Comments: 8
Is TV harmless, or does it encourage our kids to engage in risky behavior?
A new study out this month says that young people who frequently watch shows that depict sexual situations or conversations are twice as likely to get pregnant — or get someone else pregnant. (This is in comparison to to kids who watch few or none of these types of programs.) In the study by the non-partisan Rand Corp., the pregnancy link was there even after accounting for factors such as delinquent behavior, those who wanted to get pregnant, and comparing kids who live in single-parent households to those with two parents present.
