An article to cause a daddy to panic

I was out on Digg this morning and found a link to this article. It is something that really scares me. While we are open with our kids about events in life, we haven't yet broached the sex question. I mean my daughter is only 8, but this kind of stuff is really nuts. How can we as citizens of the world break this kind of thinking? I grew up in a small town. I know that there is not a lot of things to do in a small town, however being a Geek growing up in a small town the chances of falling into the "I'm bored, lets go have sex" thing just really don't happen. Every community will have these kinds of problems. What is more alarming is the number of kids who think that it is a new fashion trend to get pregnant. Not only will that child get a crash course in life, but the families involved all suffer in some ways. The new grandparents have to decide weather or not to be supportive both financially and emotionally. The new parent is likely going to be a single parent because young guys are just not going to stick around (not all of them, but it's an instinctive thing to run away from something you fear). It's not the end of the road because a student has a chance to go back to school, but the path to success gets harder. I was a young father at 20 and it wasn't an easy transition. I can't imagine a child at 14 being ready to handle all of the obstacles that are out there.