Reclaiming Our Children: A Blog About Healing After Abortion

“The associations between frequent cutting, sexual risk and low
self-restraint provide clues to the forces that underlie this repeated
behavior and point us in the right direction for future research to
better understand this troubling and self-destructive phenomenon,” lead
study author Dr. Larry K. Brown

I am not a doctor and I can give Dr Brown some answers…is this world going mad? At 11 year sold I was probably still playing with Barbie dolls…kids are not allowed to be kids anymore…everything is sexual…we have stolen their innocence.

After reading this article I could not help wondering how many of them had had abortions…

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_65806.html

Repeat Teen Self-Cutters Likely to Engage in Risky Sex

Only 39% said they used condoms consistently in previous 90 days, study findsHealthDay Kevin McKeever
Friday, June 13, 2008

FRIDAY,
June 13 (HealthDay News) — Children who are frequent self-cutters are
more likely to engage in risky sexual behavior, a new study says.

People who have cut themselves at least three times used condoms
less often during sex, were more likely to share cutting instruments
and had less self-restraint in general than teens who only cut
themselves once or twice, according to the report in the June issue of
the Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics.

“The associations between frequent cutting, sexual risk and low
self-restraint provide clues to the forces that underlie this repeated
behavior and point us in the right direction for future research to
better understand this troubling and self-destructive phenomenon,” lead
study author Dr. Larry K. Brown, of the Bradley Hasbro Children’s
Research Center, said in a prepared statement.

The findings came from analyzing questionnaires completed by more
than 100 children, ages 11 to 18, with a history of cutting who were in
intensive psychiatric treatment programs. None of the participants
reported having HIV infection. Approximately 39 percent engaged in
frequent cutting, and nearly three-quarters of these frequent cutters
were girls.

Just 39 percent of frequent cutters who were sexually active said
they used condoms consistently in the past 90 days — nearly half that
of infrequent cutters. Frequent cutters were four times more likely to
share their cutting instruments than the other cutters.

“Although it appears that infrequent cutters are more ‘experimental’
and more like their peers who do not cut, teens who cut themselves
frequently should be referred for additional psychiatric evaluation to
address their sexual risk behaviors and minimize their HIV risk,” Brown
said.