Puberty is a phenomenon in which everyone experiences. During this strange and for some, difficult time, hormones begin to physically change humans from children into adults. During my time in college, I have taken a few courses that discuss puberty and the developmental and social changes that come with puberty. Yet for the first time, I actually will be dealing with children who are going through puberty. While they receive some information about the changes occurring in their body (growth of sexual characteristics, menarche, etc), I don't believe enough is done about sex education. This is a controversial topic because it's a touchy subject. How do we educate young teenagers about sex education? Some insist on abstinence until marriage. However, the Republican vice presidential nominee, Sarah Palin who insisted that abstinence until marriage was the best way to teach children about safe sex ended up having a pregnant teenage daughter. In my opinion, abstinence until marriage is extremely unrealistic and will never work in our society. Teenage pregnancies are widespread in out society, especially in lower ses communities. What is a plausible answer to help decrease the amount of teenage pregnancies? Do we hand out condoms to children and give a class on contraceptives and their proper usage? Some may argue that it's promoting sex between minors, however, nothing can stop two teenagers from doing what they please. In addition to better sex education, more research needs to be completed on puberty. The authors state that most studies are done on white, middle class, white adolescents and that there are, "...too few cross cultural and multiethnic studies have been conducted." In order to better understand this confusing and difficult part of students lives, researchers need to expand where they research across the spectrum.