• Sexual attraction
• Society & media pressure
• Peer pressure

• Use of alcohol and drugs
• Pressure from boyfriend/girlfriend
• Desire to be considered "normal"
• Parents’ example
• Inappropriate sex education
• Mistaken beliefs
• Boredom
• Low self-esteem
• Loneliness
• No good reasons to say "No"

The majority of sexually experienced teens wish they had waited…

[research from author Dr. Tom Lickona; Abstinence Educators’ Network, www.abednet.org]