Title: Teen Complacency About AIDS
Feed: CWKN #443, June 24, 2009
Time: 1:36
SUGGESTED LEAD: EVERY NINE AND A HALF MINUTES SOMEONE IN THE UNITED STATES IS INFECTED WITH THE H-I-V VIRUS. EVEN MORE TROUBLING- HALF OF THOSE NEW CASES ARE IN THE 13 TO 25 AGE GROUP. OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE AT RISK. DO THEY CARE? SOME ANSWERS… IN TODAY’S CONNECT WITH KIDS.
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NARR: ASK THE AVERAGE TEEN WHAT THEY KNOW ABOUT AIDS…. (:03)

SUPER: Britney, 15 years old (:04)
“It’s a sexually transmitted disease and you can die from it.”

SUPER: Leslie Nevins, 14 years old (:07)
“A lot of people are infected everyday and you get it by not being safe.”

SUPER: John Bowen, 16 years old (:13)
“They know it’s dangerous and that it has the possibility of being lethal.

SUPER: Seth Davis, 16 years old (:19)
“Yeah, it’ll kill you. You don’t want to get it. It’s definitely a bad thing.”

NARR: CLEARLY THEY KNOW THE RISKS … UNDERSTAND THE DANGERS …

SO WHY DO TEENAGERS CONTINUE TO TAKE CHANCES? (:06)

SOT: Seth Davis, 16 years old
“Teens take chances but that’s just more of the feeling of being invincible and being young.”
 
SUPER: Peter Williams, 16 years old (:34)
“You don’t even think about it-even though you hear about it everyday. You don’t really think about it unless it hits home.”

NARR: HEALTH EXPERTS ARE TAKING NOTE OF THIS AMBIVALENCE--- ZEROING IN ON THE 13-25 AGE GROUP … THE FASTEST GROWING POPULATION OF NEW HIV INFECTIONS. (:11)

SUPER: Kay Scott, Planned Parenthood (:54)
“There’s a lot of work to be done. What we know works is comprehensive sex education, connection to school, church and other community groups and really strong support from parents.”

NARR: AND SHE SAYS PARENTS SHOULD CONSISTENTLY TALK TO THEIR KIDS … ABOUT VALUES AND BELIEFS … RISKS AND RESPONSIBILITY.

MORE THAN ANYTHING … FIND A WAY TO SHOW  YOUR KIDS THAT AIDS IS REAL.  KIDS TAKE NOTICE WHEN THEY SEE HOW IT’S TOUCHED THE LIVES OF SOMEONE THEIR AGE … OR SOMEONE THEY KNOW. (:20)

SOT: Peter Williams, 16 years old
“Knowing someone close that has experienced it or has contracted it, that’s very eye-opening.”

SUGGESTED TAG:  MORE THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLE IN THE U.S. ARE LIVING WITH H-I-V.  AND OUT OF THOSE, ONE IN FIVE DOESN’T KNOW THEY ARE INFECTED. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP PROTECT YOUR KID LOG ONTO (LOCAL URL) AND CLICK ON THE CONNECT WITH KIDS ICON.