Secret Life of the American Teenager "Falling In Love"

Resource Summary

Show Description: This hour drama tells the stories of a group of high school students. Amy is a freshman who’s now pregnant after having sex once with a boy she barely knows. Grace is a committed Christian who’s promised her parents to be abstinent until marriage. Jack is Grace’s boyfriend who’s chafing at waiting. Ricky is the boy who impregnated Amy during one of his serial conquests that’s connected to his being sexually abused by his father. Ben is the freshman who wanted to find someone to have sex with and so asked Amy out only to fall for her.

This resource explores the idea that the church's teaching on sexual intercourse needs to be placed in the proper context and that the above scenarios demonstrate all the wrong ones before finally illustrating the right one.

Resource Notes

• Media: The Secret Life of the American Teenager
• Faith Topics: Sexual Intercourse, Sexuality
• Related Quote Sample: CCC #2332
• Discussion Question Sample: How do you make your sexual decisions? Is it the best way?

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