Making+Connections

MAKING CONNECTIONS

I saw a T.V. documentary about teenagers dating, promiscuous sex and unexpected teen pregnancy in today’s world. Perhaps related to that time, when Rapunzel was closed in her tower in the middle of the woods where she experienced the life of a girl that crossed the sexual and natural boundary of womanhood. This also reminded me of the story, when Rapunzel’s romance with the prince, lead to her out-of-wedlock pregnancy. Rapunzel let her golden braids down, for him to climb up to her, and when the enchantress found out she got so angry, cutting her hair off, as a symbol of virginity or chastity, and she banished Rapunzel to the middle of nowhere.

In today’s world parents do not keep their teens locked up forever and they do not cut their hair as a punishment for having sex that might lead to unwanted pregnancy. Teenagers dating are different now. Some teens have the guidance of their parents, and others make their own decisions, while others use the approach of “middle of-the-road.” In today’s society most teenagers usually date with the “Big Three Dating” approach, a movie, a nice dinner, a dance or game, that with parent’s navigation the teens can distinguish from lust, infatuation and true love. Perhaps, all of these could prevent teenagers from having unsafe sex that could lead to out of wed lock-pregnancy. Therefore parents do not suffer the dissolution of having their teens pregnant which action could be a sign of dishonor.