Secret Life of the American Sex-o-holic

Okay, have you people ever seen ABC Family's Secret Life of the American Teenager? Who in the hell is writing that drivel. I was an American teenager about 12 years ago and I can say for a fact that my high school friends and I did not talk about sex that much. I decided to sit down and attempt to watch this and wow... Every scene revolves around sex. EVERY SCENE. These kids are supposed to be high school sophomores which is the scariest part. I went through 2 years of jr. high and 4 years of high school being acquainted with many kids that did have sex and I never in those 6 years heard the subject discussed more than I did in 30 minutes of programming.
My kids are still far off from the scary years of teen but I am already starting to freak out. Kids get sexually aware younger and younger these days. I go to my sons elementary school and there are girls in short skirts, huge earrings and make-up! I was 13 when make-up became allowed and that was also the year I had my first kiss. I'm not saying the two were tied together but Ellie and Sophie will not be slapping on the maybeline at 7. I didn't dive in to boy girl alone time early for my one reasons and I am glad. I had a scary experience with my first real "boyfriend" in jr. high and that put me off the idea of boys for a good, long time. When I did get to high school and watched all my friends have sex I wasn't jealous and I wasn't dying to fit in either. I wish I knew how that happened. I wasn't raised in a religious home although I was aware that sex before marriage was "wrong". I wasn't raised by parents that I couldn't talk to. Well, I would never talk about that stuff with Big Daddy (he responded to my first pregnancy by stating "I guess you're not a virgin anymore" I had been married 7 months), but Joy and I have been able to be fairly open with each other. I want to guarantee that my kids go through their teens just like me without having them go through a semi-traumatic experience like I had. Watching this dang TV show is not helping my panic attack.
One of the dumb girls on this show already has a baby and another is pregnant. After each commercial break they have a mini PSA about how most teens don't talk to their parents about sex until they're pregnant. This show is not a realistic story of what happens when you do get pregnant young. I had my first child at 22 and I was flying blind. One of my best friends in high school got pregnant her senior year. I was with her when she took that test and I cried my eyes out with pity. Her story had a happy ending in that her parents didn't murder her and she and the father have been married over 10 years now. That story isn't even a good representation. Then you have complete crap like MTV's Teen Mom and the total trash on that show don't display any growing up or responsibility.
I'm not going to get on my moral high horse and say sex out of wedlock is wrong (although I do think people should wait) because that's not what my blog is about. However I wish I could strangle these teens that think having sex is so super cool and that they won't regret it. I would love to hear from some people that are glad they had sex with a ton of people before marriage. Glad they played the field 300 times and dodged VD's left and right. If you are glad you lost your virginity at 14 please let me know because I would love to be proved wrong (although I never am). I guess through writing this I've decided that I'll be very open and honest with my kids. I will tell them whatever they need to know because saying nothing leads to excessive curiosity. I will tell them stories about people I knew that made horrific decisions regarding sex and were hurt in the end.
I have only kissed 4 boys in my life. From age 13 til age 19 (when I met Scotty). Everyone thinks that's wierd (even my goody too shoe friends) but I am very proud of that fact. I decided at an early age what my personal value was and decided not to tarnish it. I was not an angel but dammit I was no slut. In the year 2011 I guess that is all I want my kids to say about their teen age years. Is that sad?