Barbara Hastings-Asatourian and Lisa Brotherton on Granada Edition

This Granada Edition (link to programme) looked at the experiences of 3 young women who had their babies in their late teens, but it also included clips from a sex education session Lisa Brotherton from Glossop Women's Aid and Barbara Hastings-Asatourian from Contraception Education did in the inclusion suite at Glossopdale Community College. It was filmed in July 2008 by Mange2 Media and the sex education component featured Contraception the Board Game. In between these sequences were interviews with government minister Beverley Hughes, Simon Blake CEO of Brook, Barbara Hastings-Asatourian from Contraception Education and a representative from the UK Youth Parliament. The message from UK Youth Parliament was that sex education should be compulsory and comprehensive, allowing young people to make informed choices. The message from young parents was that, with the right support, young people can continue in education and be good parents. Relationships with the baby's grandparents seemed to be very significant, as was the ability to be open and honest with each other in the family and in school sex education. The programme showed the difficulties of being a teenage parent without the all too frequent tabloid demonisation of teenagers or intrusion into privacy.