Ever wonder how they got that way? If you stop and think about it, no matter what age and what stage your child is in, the first critical years were spent in your company. You may want to ask yourself, who is really responsible?
MSNBC and
Dr. Ruth Peters take a look at what may be the reasons behind your kids temperment and also gives us some alarming statistics about todays youth such as:
- 70 percent of high school students admit to having used cigarettes.
- 47 percent report having used marijuana.
- 19 percent seriously considered suicide during the 12 months preceding the survey.
- 50 percent have had sexual intercourse.
- About one million teenagers become pregnant each year; 95 percent of those pregnancies are unintended and almost one-third end in abortions.
As you can see, some of the statistics are less than flattering.