When you’re in a dating relationship in our society, sex is expected, if not on the first date. And if you don’t have a reason to say ‘no,’ you just do it, because it’s expected.
~ Ginny Payne, Youth For Christ Teen Parents program.

It’s hard to wake up in the morning, fix yourself, do your hair, your makeup – sometimes, there’s no time for that. I just have to get him ready, have to make sure his bottle’s ready, his diapers. He’s like the main one, and then I come next.
~ Elizabeth Ramirez, Teen Mom

If we could keep one student from getting pregnant, gosh, it saves tremendous amounts of money. But it also enables those kids to have a much better future, and that’s what our goal is.
~ Colleen Nelson, Selma sex education teacher