Free Teens

Life is as delicate as a peach on a tree. It can rot before it even ripens. And the only thing supporting you is the stem, and the tree. When you truly value your life you protect it, and you can make quick, moral decisions on how you are going to live it.

Abstinence usually comes up, way more than once however. You think! What’s the fun in that? Well, it’s not supposed to be fun. It’s all about respecting yourself and (protecting) your partner from a life of desperation and misfortune. I choose to abstain to avoid these things. There are many evil commandeers of life such as STDs and teen pregnancy. Estimated on earth, almost every person is worth one million dollars, and when you think about it that’s a whole lot of money. Though when you let people use you sexually, your value goes down, and gets lower. When you disrespect yourself, your value goes down. Then what’s the point in valuing life? You didn’t abstain like a moral person, and now you have an STD, with which you can never be pleasured by another again. Unless you plan to spread it further, and you destroy the lives of others to make yourself feel better even if only for a moment.

Abstinence is the key to sexual respect. Wait until the night of your marriage so that your partner can know they are with a person who respects themselves. The person who waits until they are ripened and ready to be taken down from the tree so the world can experience their beauty, is the fortunate one.

You could be an amazing person one day, but no one will know it, because you may not have abstained, and your desire to let anyone get close to you fades. Just like you must love another, you must always love yourself and be the best you can be. Marriage is the light that will relieve you from the darkness and cast away any problems you may have in the future, and you can go through them with your partner. So abstain from sex until marriage, and preserve your dignity.

Hello my fellow Free Teens members, my name is T’naiya Kearney and, as you know, I am running for Miss Free Teens USA. I am 16 years old and I am from the City of Newark, NJ representing St. Peter’s Free Teens Club.

I give honor to God who is the head of my life, well this is true because he loves me and takes care of me so that way I don’t have to feel like I need to depend on a man who will just tell me lies. He gives me guidance and understanding so that way when people tell their story of what the fast life is like and all of its benefits I will know the truth. He gives me joy and peace of mind so that way I don’t stress out about what people say or think of me. He gives me hope and patience so I know that one day my husband and I will meet and I will live a happy life.

Not only myself but any one planning to truly excel must immerse themselves in the acquisition of knowledge by understanding when one has sex you are giving someone a part of you and taking any other person they slept with into your life.

I plan to pursue my education to the fullest and by making this happen I don’t have time for the emotional battles that come with having sex. You will have to deal with many things that you should not have to deal with until your old enough to handle them. My mind will be on things other than on my books and papers. My life model is that “when you are born into this world you are promised pain so why put more pain and hurt onto the pain and hurt you were already promised.

I want to be somebody. I have set goals in my life so that is why one day I can be on BET and show young ladies that you don’t have to discard yourself to be famous. In order to this I must be an example. I don’t want to regret what I did when I was young. I must finish my high school education, go to college, achieve my dreams and live the wonderful life God has in store.
Thank you.

Tonia Ford
Clair Memorial Free Teens Club
Jersey City, NJ

I joined Free Teens 8 months ago after some friends of mine told me what a wonderful message it was sending, and about the powerful leaders it was building. I was deeply inspired and instantly felt motivated to join and be apart of this great movement. Since then I have acquired so much information about sex and why I should wait.

I am now much more confident in my reasons why I should remain abstinent until marriage. Abstinence is a beautiful thing and I am thankful that a program like Free Teens can assure me of that. I am abstinent for numerous reasons. One of my reasons being that I want to be in a healthy relationship and fully mature when I decide to share myself with that special someone whom I will love. I don’t want to give that valuable piece of myself for immature reasons. Besides that, I want to prevent pregnancy at an early age. I want to be settled and married when I decide to have a child. Furthermore I want to enjoy and fully experience my own youth. I know that having a child will complicate that.

I’m also aware that I may get pregnant if I make the poor decision to reject from what I have learned from Free Teens. I will not take the chance of using a condom because there is a 1 out of 4 chance that I may get pregnant. Being abstinent can also prevent HIV and other deadly diseases. I know the most efficient way to prevent this, is to remain abstinent until I am mentally and emotionally prepared for marriage.

I also think that it is very important to give back to the community by being a role model to all the future teen aged girls like me, who constantly live under pressure to find love by having sex. I know that I am looked up to as a role model and I want my future to be bright. Therefore I will take responsibility for myself and the future by being apart of this great movement and remaining abstinent until marriage.

I chose to abstain from sex until marriage for several reasons:
1st. There are a lot of sexual transmitted diseases (for example HIV/AIDS, HPV, Herpes and so on), in the world today.
2nd. I have respect for myself; therefore I am willing to wait.
3rd. I’m just not ready yet and I’m not going to be pressed into doing something I don’t want to do.

In 5 years I will be in college pursuing my dream of becoming an entrepreneur. I’m very talented, funny, gifted and smart. Anything I put my mind to do I feel I can accomplish. So I think abstaining is good for me right now.

I guess the reason I think this way is because, I feel that my mind and body is my temple and it should always be kept sacred. I learned these things in church, being with my family, and attending my Free Teens meetings. And even though there are a lot of temptations in the world, where I live, and even in my school. I am still strong and faithful to what I believe, and that is to stay abstinent until marriage.

Those are the reasons “Why I Choose to Abstain from Sex until Marriage”. So one day I’ll know that it was all worth it when I see my name in bold letters on labels of cloths that I have designed or on my office door of Nicole Patterson, Attorney At Law.

Shaquirah Griffin, 14
Higher Call Church
Jersey City, NJ

Where do I belong?
All over the world, from adolescence to adulthood we as people are always in search for a place to belong. It can start as simple as hanging out with a certain group in high school to finding a suitable partner.

I’ve been searching for a place where I can belong. A place where as a young teen I can be myself, a place where my point of view is respected. An environment where I can share some of the same common interests and similar values. Being a part of Free Teens has granted me a learning atmosphere where I can grow as an individual.

Free Teens has instilled the core values to respect myself, make smart decisions and abstain from sex until marriage. Where I live there is a teen pregnancy epidemic. Everyone I know and see has had a baby during their teenage years. I refuse to be included in that statistic. Question, “How can I get away from the idea of not caring about the consequences of my actions?” I’ve always set goals for myself and when I look around it’s hard to keep myself motivated knowing that other people don’t care as much as I do. My mind wonders everyday about how I plan to make the next step to being a better person. I understand now how true it is to watch the people you hang around. In some ways whether it’s directly or indirectly we are all influenced by the company we keep. You know the saying, you’re known by the company you keep. Being apart of Free Teens gives me the option of hanging out with a different crowd and being proud about it.
I choose to abstain from sex until marriage because I choose to be a leader and stand up for what I believe in. I believe that the best way to protect yourself and be 100% sure is to remain abstinent, wait until the time is right, understand that life is filled with obstacles and strive to make wise healthy decisions.
Tatianna Corselli, 13
Nepperhan Community Center Yonkers, NY

I choose to abstain from sex until marriage because I need to have love for a man or boy that personally as a thirteen year old I don’t have. My virginity is very special to me and I won’t waste it for a boy I knew for a few minutes. I choose to be myself. By being myself I mean a free teen. That means not letting peer pressure get the best of me. That is why I choose to remain abstinent until marriage.