With the growing rate of the adloescents getting the vaccination, many parents are worried that it'll promote promiscuity. Do you agree?

No.

What'll promote promiscuity of adolescents is the lack of love and emotional support, including firm boundaries, at a familial level so that they go looking for it elsewhere. I cannot stress the importance of an education and empowering a sense that there is more to life than just sex and procreation. I think for some it does promote promiscuity, but for some it won't. HPV might have me from scared some into abstaining from sex, except I'm a virgin. If they are worried, they're worrying for the wrong reason.

How many young women say "Sorry Billy, we can't have sex because I'm scared of getting HPV"?

or...

"Guess what Billy, I just got the HPV vaccination so now we can do it!"

The answer: few, if any. Pregnancy is probably a far bigger worry. When and how your children decide to become sexually active will have to do more with how you raised them and what values you鈥檝e instilled in them than whether they鈥檝e had a vaccination to something or not. You can always just include that vaccination with a bunch of other ones so that it doesn鈥檛 stand out as anything special for them to think you now condone any sexual behavior they may become involved in. Hell, the HPV vaccination can also prevent the disease when contracted in a traditional relationship as well so it doesn鈥檛 necessarily mean it鈥檚 only intention is for those that are promiscuous.