A Program to Prevent Teen Pregnancy

Time Out is a program to target teenage males with information and discussion on sex, and being a teen parent, by going through their role models, being you, the coach. Five out of every ten teenage males believe that sex is not a big deal and that of their partner gets pregnant is not their fault/problem. Programs in the past have all been geared towards female teenagers, but pregnancy takes more than just the female. Time Out provides teen males with statistics and information on the consequences of sex.

 This site contains all of the information that I would like to have you take time to share with your male athletes. By taking a ''time out" and sharing this information with your athletes, you will be helping teen pregnancy prevention in not only your school, but in your community and nation. I hope Time Out helps you start an ongoing conversation with your student athletes.

• In 1 year supplies for raising a baby would cost more than: 1,217 movie tickets,
  649 new CD's, two used cars, or 139 new pairs of sneakers.
• 4 out of 10 girls get pregnant by the age of 20.
• Only 50% of high school teens have actually had sex.
• A sexually active teen that is not using protection has a 90% chance of pregnancy within one year.
• Less than 1/3 of teenage mothers complete high school.
• 93% of teens and 94% of adults feel that teens should receive strong messages regarding abstinence, but this does not mean abstinence only; just first.
• 23% of adults feel that teens should not be sexually active, nor should they have access to birth control.
• 63% of teens surveyed say that they wished they had waited to become sexually active.
• While adults believe that it is teen friends who most influence decisions concerning sexual behavior, 31 % of teens say that parents are actually most influential.
• 51% of teenage males say they often hear that sex and pregnancy are "not a big deal."
• 83% of teens believe they are getting a clear message that teen pregnancy is wrong. 
• 39% of adults believe that it is embarrassing for teens to admit that they are virgins, when in fact only 19% of teens themselves have this same feeling. However, broken down by gender, 24% of males feel that it is embarrassing while only 14% of females agree.
• 88% of teens are determined not to get pregnant, or not to get someone pregnant.
• 64% of teens wish they were receiving more information about abstinence and birth control protection.
• 54% of teens have never thought about how having a child would change their lives.