Raising Children

Decision-Making and Teen Parenthood

Source: Family Life and Sexual Health (F.L.A.S.H.) curriculum, Public Health – Seattle & King County

Target Audience: Level III (early adolescence, ages 12 through 15; middle school/junior high school; grades 7-8)

Duration of Lesson: One to two class periods

Date Published: 3/06

Summary: In this lesson students learn decision-making skills and apply that model to hypothetical situations about teen parenthood. A guest speaker who shares about waiting until they were older to have children is suggested for a second class period. An optional family homework assignment is included.

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