The “talk” about sex has never been a topic many like to discuss with preteens or teens, but it needs to be addressed at some point in their lives. Sex is a natural experience that is used for reproduction and building an emotional connection. However, many teenagers have premarital sex and don't know how to protect themselves. Sex education teaches about human sexuality and how abstinence should be practiced to prevent sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and unplanned pregnancies. However, sex education courses are primarily aimed at college students. Sex education is not intended to encourage sex, but to hopefully guide students to have safe sex or not have sex at all. There is a need to establish and understand the consequences of having sex in the preteen and teen community. If parents have difficulty “talking” about sex, then the topic should be discussed with a trained person rather than avoided. Without knowledge teenagers will explore things without caution. Sources indicate that the argument for allowing sex education in public schools, such as middle or high schools, is whether the benefits of learning about sex at an early age will outweigh the risks of having sexual experience without advanced knowledge. Teens who learn about sex in school are less likely to have sex at a young age than those who learn from family, friends and the media. Based on a questionnaire conducted by Victoria Bourton, senior Paediatic Accident and Emergency nurse at St Thomas' Hospital, the 16 and 17-year-old students knew the risks of sex because 75% of the answers about sex were correct. Participants felt that the need for sex education at an early age is appropriate and will reduce the urge to... middle of paper......s, 2011. 24-28.Print.Sawyer, Kate. “Sex education is the key to curbing teen sex.” Teenage sex. Olivia Ferguson. Michigan: Greenhaven Press, 2011. 29-39. Press.National Association for Abstinence Education. “Comprehensive sex education is inappropriate and harmful.” Do abstinence programs work? Cristina Fisanick. Michigan. Greenhaven Press, 2010. 33-42. Print.Bourton, Victoria. "Sex education at school: the young people's point of view". Pediatric nursing. Academic Search Premier, October 1, 2006. Web. June 28, 2014.McAvoy, Paula. “The Goals of Sex Education: Downgrading Autonomy and Promoting Reciprocity.” Educational theory. Premier Academic Research, October 1, 2013. Web. June 24, 2014. Fentahun, Netsanet, et al. "Parents' perceptions, students' and teachers' attitudes towards school sexuality education". Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences. Premier Academic Research, July 1, 2012. Web. June 28. 2014.