Tyra Show Survey

Wed. Jun 24, 2009 | 3:17 PM

Shocking survey results!

More than 10,000 teen girls and young women shared stories of pregnancy, sex, STDs, drinking, drugs and violence among women in Tyra's online "Crisis Survey." Hear the unbelievable results and meet a panel of teen girls -- both in-studio and from cities across the country in Tyra's first "TYCHAT" video chat. Their brutally honest stories of what life is really like for teens will shock you!

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Tyra i just watched your show and i wasnt really shocked with all i was hearing but a few things kinda shocked me.Im 17 and from a small town. I know girls who have gotten pregnant who have sex who drink who do drugs. I cant really bash because I hang with a party group and i lost my virginity at 15 to a good guy friend of mine.I cant say i regreted it cause i dont and when ever im single he and i still get together and have since then slept with six of my guy freinds who range from the ages of 16 to 21. I cant bash bc im still sleeping with one of them on a weekly basis if not twice or three times a week since we are dating now.But the whole planning a pregnancy as a teen really threw me bc your teen years are the funnest years of your life why would you want that responsibility i mean granted they are cute but their still cute five or ten years from now.And not using protection is just stupid i mean if your gonna have sex be smart and use both forms of protection bc your not only ruining your life but your ruining others lives. I have never once had unprotected sex and i think it feels just fine with a condom so if teens are using the exucuse it feels better they are full of it. I also cant bash on the girls who drink bc since i hang with a party group and my current boyfreind is going on twenty and all our friedns range from the ages of 16 to 24. We are all heavy partiers and drink and party on a regular basis. We drink at least three

Posted by Jess 06/25/09 1:48 PM

Dear tyra when my daugther went into middle school i was so scared that i hadn't told her everytheing she needed to know about drugs, gangs, sex and more. I was watching tv and landed on Reba, where her teenage daugther was telling her she was pregnant and all the probles that they had to face. I allowed all my daugthers to see the show. i later spoke to my oldest because she's turning 13 in a few days. my second daugther is now a cheerleader and because your show is on i decided to talk to her about sex and boys looking for dumb cheerleaders, now all my three girls are in middle school and honestly i do not know how to talk to my soon to be 11 year old. i'm scared for all three that a boy can lure them into doing things they are not ready to handle the consecuences and the misinformation. how much information should i give them

Posted by Claudia Rodriguez 06/25/09 1:48 PM

Dear Tyra, Thank you so much for doing a show on these subjects and bringing the reality of it all out into the open. I really do think you should follow through and do more shows on these subjects because it's absolutely amazing at what is happening in high schools every day. I live in a small town in BC, Canada. I am 18 years old, a virgin, have only tried marijuana twice and I am about to go into my grade 12 year. I home-schooled myself in grade 8, 9, and the first half of 10. So, I missed junior high. On returning to school this past year, I was astonished to find how much sexual, drug, and violent activity is taking place with such casualty. Some friends have told me how they've made out with other girls and then gotten "eaten out" by a guy at the same party; taken mushrooms or ecstacy and completely freaked out but when I ask them why they would ever do it again, they say, "Because it's fun."; and even a friend who rides my bus came to school with a huge black eye after being in a cat fight. I've even seen at least 2 or 3 pregnant girls in only this past year at school. All of these people are only 15, 16, or 17. They are so young and don't truly understand what they are doing or why. It is a shame that in this day and age, kids are so uninformed and unknowing of the consequences of their actions. Please do more shows on these subjects to help educate those who need it most. I hope my contribution to your study can help.

Posted by Emily Garrett 06/25/09 1:29 PM

hi tyra i am 16 years old and i lost my virginity at 14. my boyfriend at the time was payton scott and we were together about 3 months when we had sex. i went to his dads house for thanksgiving and his dad left us there during the night alone and payton had the condom and everything just sitting there ready so i guess you could say he planned it all. but the thing is it was painful but he did not pop my cherry my later boyfriend did. then a few weeks later he dumped me and moved on to my best friend. then he apologized and wanted me back so stupid me took him back and again 4 months later he dumped me for good. i then got into another relationship that was rocky and unstable but sexually active. we later than broke up because he cheated on me. but i later than found out i had an infection from him. not an std but just an infection in my vaginal area. it has been treated and i am able to carry on with my life. this was the boyfriend who popped my cherry. i went on dated again but did not have sex with anyone. i was at a friends house one night and a guy i had dated before was there but he was aggressive with me that is why we broke up and he raped me and put a pillow over my face and told me if i screamed he would suffocate me. i have to live with those images forever. i am in a comitted relationship now with my current boyfriend/fiance jimmy and he is everything i could ever want and the love that i have been waiting for. we are having sex

Posted by Tylar 06/25/09 12:14 PM

Hi Tyra,i'm Starla. Your show today was a good way to help teens. I am 19 years old. I got a married at 18. MY HUSBAND AND I NEVER KISSED OR HAD SEX UNTIL OUR WEDDING DAY!!!!!!!!!!! I am proud to say. I am a strong Christian and belive in morals. not many believe in that any more. girls to me that just want to have sex are just stupid. a teen never knows what "love" is. they are too young. yes i was a teen when i got married. we did it in Gods time. thank you and i hope you read this.

Posted by Starla 06/25/09 12:08 PM

HI Tyra,I am 15 years old and I been loking at your shows for five years and I Love, i mean love your show.I was looking at your tv show with young girl Crisis ,I like how you show people what real girls deal with. Your are a wonderful person and thank you

Posted by nasha burton 06/25/09 11:45 AM

Hi Tyra, im 14 and i lost my verginity at 13. i am watching your show right now and its scary to here these girls talk about the diseases that they have. my parents do not know that i had sex. im to afraid to tell them. after it happened i regreted it and still do to this day. i love your show becuase its true, adults do not understand what us teens are going through. they say it was the same way when they were teens but im sure that its totally different. i dont know how to tell my mom. do you have any advice on how to tell parents? keep the show going!

Posted by Murphy (nickname) 06/25/09 11:41 AM

The segment on this show on Salvia was straightforward fear mongering. The show's source "youtube" is filled with fake videos of Salvia use. This is just another attempt to get people afraid of a substance and to in the end get it banned from use.

Posted by Hunter E. 06/25/09 10:53 AM

hi tyra im chasity im 16 i have a 16 month old son i lost my virginity at the age of 13 me and my sons father are still close we still talk and hang out together we are actully taking a break from each other right at this moment so that we can get our lifes on track our son spends an equal amount of time with both of us an a small amount of time with us together i watched your show today an it shocked me to see thease girls with diseases i get check and i think parents mine included should have or should talk to us and others about what can happen and how hard it is i know now because i have a son i look forward to seeing mondays show

Posted by chasity 06/25/09 10:52 AM

Hi Tyra, I'm kenzie and I'm 14 years old. I love your show, I watch it all the time and I really think the reason soo many people love your show is because it's real and it's all true. People don't understand what teens are going through because it's so different from there generation and your show is one of the only shows that tells people what's really going on with there children. Girls are getting pregnant younger and younger every day, I mean most of my friends aren't virgins and from what I hear they don't use condoms or anything, they don't tell there parents so there's no way there on birth control. But what really gets me is most of the time they aren't in love, they just do it because they feel like it's cool to lose there virginity. And then there's the problem with drugs. It's rare that you find a teen that's completely 100% against drugs and sadly most of the teens that haven't tried drugs just can't because they don't have a connection. This issue needs to be spred and parents need to know about this so they can talk to there kids and educate them about it. That's why your show is so great. It talks about issues that a lot of people are afraid to talk about.

Posted by Kenzie 06/25/09 10:39 AM

i also dont see any enjoyment of puting a plant up ur nose or smoking becuse my grandpa die of luncancer and i dont see who woul dsmoke to look cool and risk hurting loved ones like that i use to hide my moms ciraes and trow them away when i was little she dealt and whent to get them till she yell at me for it after a while and drinking you want to go crazy and them have a headach and thro up the next moring well ok go ahead i for one and already hypper and just to get me crazy i just need suger and the fights i think people just do it for attion adn to make there own drama show but hope you email me i woul dlove to be on ur show i have a lot of things that i think people need to hear

Posted by natlie 06/25/09 9:51 AM

hey tyra i would like to proudly say i am a virgin and will remin a virgin untill i am marriged i one want to do it becuse i am a christen and we think that thi sis a big step adn a step ur not fully ready to take untill ur married but also i want the guy i do it with to love me forever and be with me forever and if he does he will evully ask me to marry him and he wil respect my desion and wait a guy who says why does it matter you know i will love you always adn were going to marry some day is probally not the one becuse and guy who loves you will love you and not just having sex with you the true test of love i think is to love and be emotional with some one without haveing sex adn being able to understand and respect each other it real for sure when you can get the close to somone without sex and i want the guy to love me stay with me and if i get pregant to stay with me but its really scary becuse more and more kids are doing drugs and having sex me and my friends were talking adn shocked by how we hear about these middle school kids who are now in 6th 7th and 8th grade and having sex and doing drugs there way to young to know sex and some of my friends agree and someone will wait but some havn't and a good number didnt feel good after becuse the guy was a jurk and left yet i am sad at how little sex is treated as if its nothing but a kiss on the check

Posted by natalie 06/25/09 9:41 AM

Hey Tyra, I just finished watching your show and love the fact with every episode you push the envelope on topics. Today was a good show..I was so shocked but also not, as I have heard some crazy stories about what teenagers are doing these days with my own cousins..and been thru it myself. I can honestly say that I wasn't ur model teen either being that I was sexually active at 19, but I never did that kinda stuff in high school or junior high. I'm so scared about having kids now that I am in my late 20s b/c I know how much harder kids have it these days and how easy it is to fall off the wagon. My parents empowered me with the right to make educated decisions and what the consequences were for my actions. I know now that the choices you make growing up can affect the rest of your life. This is the key (I think) to the new generation of kids, EDUCATION and and SELF-ASSURANCE...you have the right to say no, the right to protect yourself, and the ability to avoid peer pressure.

Posted by Mary Mary 27 06/25/09 9:09 AM

hey tyra i am watching your show as we speak. i was 15 when i first had sex. at the age of 18 i was engaged.... and scared to death my marriage would turn out like my parents... disfunctional. I suddenly broke everything off. in return i met a guy who was physcially, mentally, and emotionaly voilent. at that point in my life i tried an illgeal substance. maryjane. the relationship got worse and worse. we would have sex and he would wrap his fingrs around my neck each time getting tighter and tighter. he eventually kicked me out of his parents house. since that relationship i have been homeless because my own parents kicked me out because of the volience of my past relationship and i was currently looking for a new job. i'm now 22 and live with a fear of meeting new ppl because i've been tossed around like garbage.

Posted by kel 06/25/09 9:03 AM

Hey Tyra, I just watched your show on teen crisis and wow!! I mean I don't have much room to talk because I got pregnant two months before my 18th birthday. I'm a proud mother of my 10 month old boy and would not give him up for anything but I would change my timing. To hear the girls on your show that have something and STILL have unprotected sex thats way to crazy. If I could say one thing to these girls it would be if you going to be active be safe and live life becuase there is soooo much out there just waiting for some one like you to explore or take charge of!!

Posted by Megan 06/25/09 9:02 AM