You have a lot of decisions to make as a teen,
and very few of them are easy ones.

But don’t worry – the answers to those decisions lie within you.  Not your parents or friends – in YOU!

When you have all the facts you can make great choices.  The links below contain basic, factual information to help you make good decisions for some of the problems you are dealing with today.

Saying NO to sex is not easy, especially when you are physically attracted to someone and honestly care about them. 

However, a lasting relationship is not based on sex alone.  In fact, sex before marriage might even destroy an existing relationship.

Here is some help on how to say no:

• He says: “If you love me so much, then prove it”
  You respond: “I do love you.  If you honestly love me, you wouldn’t ask me to prove anything, but just accept me as I am”
  
  
• He says: “Everyone is having sex but us"
  You respond: “I don’t want to be like everyone else.  Our relationship is special and not like those other ones just based on sex”
  
  
• He says: “Don’t worry you won’t get pregnant”
  You respond: “Girls get pregnant or get an STD all of the time.  There is no way to be 100% sure except by not having sex. Please understand and respect my decision – I want to wait”
  
  
• He says: “But if feels good”
  You respond: " Is the moment of pleasure really worth a lifetime of pain?