News flash: Teens who take virginity pledges don't keep them

I never took a virginity pledge as a teenager, although I remember contemplating the idea in junior high. I'm glad that I didn't, because I don't think that I was mature enough to make that decision at 13-14. Now, I am a college student and I take all measures to avoid STDs and pregnancy. That is good enough for me, as I do not personally have any religious beliefs that connote virginity with purity, etc.

i made a purity pledge and i wear a chastity ring to symbolize that promise. one main reason is the fact that teen pregnancy runs rampant in my family and i have seen firsthand how very difficult all three available options are to deal with. (adoption,abortion, keeping the baby) also, i want my wedding night to be that much more special:)

I pledged. It's been seven years, and I haven't broken it. If I haven't had any trouble keeping it as a teenager, I doubt I'll have much trouble as an adult. Lord knows when I get married I won't be a prude; I fully plan on enjoying it once the time comes. Doing it before then is a display of utter lack of self-control.
I am by no means saying that one should not teach how to use contraceptives, because nobody is going to give that information to someone as an adult. But the more I see people around me having it, the more determined I am to keep the fire under wraps until it's time to let it go.

Birth control and condom distribution from the government HAS FAILED as NO PLAN is 100%

So abstinence is the ONLY PROVEN WAY TO GO

NO ONE IS SAYING IT IS 100% BUT IT GOES TO THE CORRECT DIRECTION

I agree with hillary.I too am a senior in high school and I have remained a virgin throughout(this may be due to the fact that I've also been single throughout high school as well).I want to wait til I'm married to have sex but I have not made a pledge to God on that. I can tell you that last year a pair of freshmen sisters got pregnant at the same time.Now two sisters I've known since elementary school are pregnant and will really soon be parents. The 9th graders took a survey about sex and half of them didn't even know what sexually active meant.I thought that was pretty ridiculous because I hear these kids talk about sex all the time, but they can't even define a word that is used in their own conversations.My school doesn't have sex education but we have child development..which i think is truely not enough to prevent kids doing something they may regret years from now.

I'm a teen and I'm atheist, but I still believe that virginity should be kept until after marriage, mostly because of protection. I think that the sex education classes affect some teen but not very many. The school has the class as something mandatory but only one teacher teaches it (while there are two other teachers that are supposed to be doing it, but they don't feel like it) and it didn't really affect half of them.
In my high school, I'm positive that more than half of the students are not virgins. I only know two other teens that have a similar "belief" than me and up to now, they are keeping up with their promise. I don't really think the pledges help, teens are still going to want to have sex, only if they do pledge, they'll feel guilty afterward.

Purity rings can work if the teen fully comprehends what it sybolizes. But I do think you should also teach them the consequences of sex. I don't understand why parents find it so hard to teach their kids about sex. My 14 yr. old daughter has worn a purity ring for 1 1/2 yrs. It was also her idea. I taught her about sex, and std's and showed her pictures of what std's look like. There are worse things that can happen besides getting pregnant. My daughter would rather shove spikes under her fingers nails for kicks than have sex. She doesn't date, by her own choice. My trust is very important to my daughter. And to my other three as well. But she tells me where she's going, what's she doing, who her friends are, etc. all on her own accord. I don't have to demand. So to answer the question, I think alot of teens do keep their pledges. Why don't you do a blog about those kids? Give them credit for keeping their word, and being responsible. I think that they deserve it.

I didn't make a formal promise but I told myself I would definitely try my best. I lost my virginity my junior year of high school to this guy who was basically my rebound...not to proud but we used protection after that I had sex again until I was 18 with a man who is now my husband of 5 years. We have a 4 year old daughter and we will be open with her about this topic and educate her from religion aspect to the traditional way.

Yes, we should teach teens about how to protect themselves when/if they would have sex. However, we overlook the fact that Hollywood, MTV and our sex centered culture does not help the well meaning Teen who desires to be abstinent. In a recent study, girls between the ages of 12 and 17 who watch "sexy shows" where twice as likely to get pregnant than does who did not.

This is nothing new. Children just need to be educated. If you do not teach them they will learn on their own. These uptight religous groups who refuse to talk to their children, or have someone else talk to them, are doing these kids a great injustice. Not helping!! Ignoring important situations don't make them disapear.

Hello I am a young teenager and I completely believe in abstinence and I have pledged my virginity and am going to stand by it no matter if there is peer pressure and temptation because I want to protect my heart, body, and soul for the one I am meant to be with and that will be my husband and I know that when the day comes when I do have sex I will use protection and I learned all of this from self research.

I went to a religious junior high and high school, the people I know that kept their pledge are already married (at 20-21), or so socially awkward that they couldn't get a date in their lives.

Soo what's better? Get married early, and probably end up divorced? OR be sensible and realize "I'm not getting married until I'm 30, so I don't see a reason to limit myself."

I took my pledge in seventh grade.
I'm now in high school and the number of students who lost their virginity is climbing higher and higher as we get closer to graduating. It's not a sight to behold because they keep saying they did somebody and now is bragging about it. Those kids who are loosing it, I know them and I saw their cards that they flashed to other people the day we got them. It's so sad.
I don't plan on breaking my pledge until my marriage day.
But if that never comes, then the guy I want to spend my life with.

i never had a pledge

Personally, i have not taken a virginity pledge. Although, i am a teen and based on my beliefs and values i plan to stay a virgin till i am married. However i do believe that they should be teaching teens safe sex as well as abstinence. Teens need to be educated more on safe sex because teaching them abstinence-only obviously has not succeeded

Sticking to a promise it hard, especially when it comes to sex. Most schools * like the one I go to in my senior class* tries and gets us teens to stick with absitence. Parents are so bent up over whether or not kids are having sex, they should really be worrying about whether the sex is safe or not..Honestly in this life time, you have to be very lucky to get thru to a child that's over come with LOVE with just words. Not that im saying all teens are having sex,and not that im saying talking to your child is useless, but at my school a majority of the kids at my school ARE NOT virgins and sometimes by highschool having THE TALK is only a little bit too late..and actually maybe about 16 percent or more not less of the freshmen are as well not virgins.
SCARY right?

I more believe in the limits of waiting until graduating highschool. I feel it is a more realistic self promise because then if by chance one who did give their virginity away at least they didn't risk it changing their whole life by becoming pregnant. I can promise I am keeping that promise to myself, not a church or parents. It is true that at schools they don't teach safe sex, only abstinence. On that aspect I think the PTA and School board should take a look around and see that it would be more effective to at least mention what would be safe in at least avoiding STD's

when i was 12 I believed in saving myself for marriage, i don't believe in that so much anymore as ther are too many perverse people who abuse, how can't we leave our children in ignorance w/o a way out or knowledge of the truth.
back in 1985 Jr High schoolers big deal was oral sex... by the time i hit Jr High in 1988 it was sex. we hit a peak in this country of teen pregnancy in that time. i lost my virginity at 30 yrs for many reasons, least of all was it about STD's, but because I did wait so long my immune system is more susceptible. now teenagers are involved in more riskier sexual behaviors to stay "technical" virgins.

I made the pledge when I was like 12 ,I knew I didnt want to do anything like that so young and I promised to keep my self a virgin until marriage , like most things . things do change and when I was past 18 years old I decided that I wanted to lose my virginity ,I dont regreat anything but Im really glad that I decided to wait

I never took any sort of pledge but I do not believe in sex before marriage and I am almost 18 and have not had sex.