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My look at how sex is "sold" to teenagers, the dangerous consequences of doing so, and why abstinence is a smart decision.

Why I plan to teach my children about sex from an abstain-till-marriage viewpoint instead of a "safe sex" viewpoint.

Nikol Hasler's "Midwest Teen Sex Show" mixes humor, sarcasm and frank (but questionable) talk about teen sex.

Most teenagers seem to closely link sexuality with actually having sex, which alone is a forgivable mistake, yet the less justifiable error is how abstinence-only sexual education classes in public schools all too often continue to reinforce this notion.

What is the most effective way of educating teens about sexual health and safety? This article reviews the current debates over sex education in our public high schools.

Congress has released results of a new study showing that students who attend "abstinence" classes were just as likely as other teenagers to have sexual relationships as teenagers.

An op-ed piece on the idea of sex education, abstinence education and the law.

Abstinence-only sex education have been approved to recieve $900 million in a five year period. The problem: it doesn't work.

A research paper on the events of 1968 in the public school system in Anaheim, California. The paper details the topic of sex education and the public school system when religion gets involved.

In President Bush's 2006 Fiscal Year Budget, he proposed a near 33% increase in federal spending on abstinence-only education (Pope), resulting in nearly $170 million of added funding for the program.

A paper for Youth and Youth Policy that looks at the pros and cons of Abstinence Education.

Your child will find lots of information about sex online, in books, on the television and in books and magazines. The information they find may not be correct or age appropriate. Giving them the correct information is essential to their wellbeing.

Instead of teaching children how to be safe while having sex, we must teach them the value of waiting. STARS has played a major part in Oregon's declining teenage pregnancy rate since the program began in 1995.

What are you teaching your teens about sex? Have you considered mentioning abstinence? Teens and sex. The statistics are staggering and parents need to know. Teens are encouraged to be sexually active by our society.

As a policy that is philosophically identical to Mrs. Reagan's 'Just Say No' program, abstinence-only education is impractical and fails to address numerous social issues.

The cervical cancer vaccine is no more a license to have sex than a seatbelt a license to get into a car accident. To be against the vaccine because it undermines abstinence is short sighted and extremely baffling!

The movie Juno chonicles the life of a pregnant teen. This movie provides the perfect conversation starter for parents to start talking to their teens about teen pregnancy.

How and when kids learn about the birds and bees is a controversial subject. Does Barack Obama have the right plan? Let us see what the parents think about sex education.

In many sex education classes, lessons on proper condom use and applicaiton are explained in terms that girls can understand and apply

In an effort to control and prevent teen pregnancy, many schools are implementing new concepts in health class, including the initiative known as "Postponing Sexual Involvement", PSI.

Though federally-funded abstinence-only sex education programs in the U.S. are decried as failures, the federal government is nevertheless increasing funding for such programs, which ignore lesbian, gay, and queer sexual existence and otherwise disappoint our children.

Self respect and reciprocity is an important part of sex education for teenagers.

Sex education in school's.

The United States is the only developed nation who still stands by abstinence only sex education in the face of research proving its negative, unhealthy effects. Something needs to be done!

Many people believe that all Christians are for abstinence only sex education, and that all abstinence only sex education supporters are Christians. I, as a devout Catholic, do not believe in abstinence only sex education, so where does that leave me?

With the types of sexual education varying so much in America's school systems, which way is the most effective? Should your children's school change their point of view?

This article examines sex education and abstinence programs, and explaining why eradicating sex in the fight against AIDS and STDs is impractical.

Jessica Mousseau presents the Debate of Sex Education Programs skewed toward Sex Education. While I disagree with her stance on the subject, I do not feel that the real problem lies there.

With children wanting to become adults at an alarmingly quick rate, sex becomes an option that far too many children know too little about.

For many teenagers, the dynamics of sex and abstinence education should include both lecture and group learning.

As teenage pregnancy continues to be prevalent in the United States, many healthcare professionals continue to reach out to teenage mothers in an effort to provide education in the risks of alcohol consumption when pregnant. This is an overview of FAS.

Anyone who has ever taken a sex education class should know there is no such thing as safe sex, but only safer sex. Let's explore some common misconceptions and myths about safe sex, coming directly from a group of college students.

In July 2006, Michigan Governor Granholm signed into law the first of several bills allowing for single-sex schools in Michigan. This throwback to the 'glory days' of segregation is going to lead to problems for anyone who implements it.

This is a bit of a humorous but true article about some of the most embarrassing sex questions that women ask experts.

For anyone who seen The Girl Next Door, you already know what I'm referring to. However, I'm not talking about making an adult style film for educational purposes.

According to newest study, abstinence-only sex education is useless. Teens who partake in abstinence program have just as much sex as regular sex-ed students!

The new moderate majority of the Kansas Board of Education is systematically replacing several policies that had been enacted the year before by the then-conservative dominated board. The most recent: "Abstinence plus" sex education.

In public schools, health education in a very important part of a child's education. Homeschoolers also focus on health, but a little bit differently. Here are some major aspects of health education as covered in homeschooling.

A sex education contractor encouraged Einstein High School students to chew gum their fellow students had already chewed as part of an abstinence exercise.

Growing concern in one state led to the upcoming release of a new book aimed at teenagers and the laws regarding sex in Georgia.

Some fifth-graders had sex in an unsupervised classroom. Learn more inside.

A racy comedic sex educator gives a seminar wt West Virginia University. He hit topics ranging from teen pregnancy, to wacky contraception methods, to stamina building techniques.

Who says that sex has to stop when you get older? Shhhh, you really don't want to let out all the secrets about the changes in sex for older adults do you? Well, I guess we should share some of them with people.

Suburban Cincinnati sex offender Gerry A. Porter Jr. was forced to move from the home that he has owned since 1991 because it is 983 feet from St. Jude Elementary School. He, his wife and two sons moved into an apartment in October 2005.

This article discusses whether or not it is safe to have oral sex during pregnancy.

As a college student, it can be very beneficial in choosing a single-sex college or university in many different ways.

Convicted sex offender, Daniel Snay, who won $10 Million in the Massachusetts "Billion Dollar Blockbuster" lottery has collected his first annual $500,000.000.

What sex workers in Europe are thinking about Americans and George W. Bush

A 'Sex Edition' of a school newspaper in New Hampshire that included pictures of two women kissing, an anal sex quiz, and other sex related stories has sparked discussion and a school board meeting.

Sex offenders can be rehabilitated. Victims can become survivors. These residency restrictions/banishment will not protect one child. To date none of these laws have protected on child.

This paper discusses the theoretical gap left between the positivist approach to sex research and the postmodernist approach. I then offer initial and tentative ideas about a complex systems framework which has the potential to bridge parts of the gap.

Congress ordered study shows no difference from students who took the course and those who did not.

Frankenstein's monster, forced to facilitate his own education, parallels the era's education of women, making the monster's murders of all the weak female characters equally significant: education will eliminate female inferiority.

Sexual abistnance is encouraged in our youth. There are countless programs for sexual abstinance. Shoudn't we be hoping for abstinance in our teens, but facing them for reality with true sex education?

You can't leave sex education up to the schools alone and you've got to make sure that both parents are in sync with the message they are sending. And don't end the conversation with "the first time."

This piece addresses pregnancy and parenting myths for women over 35.

An online petition is asking Pittsburgh public schools to open the door to contraceptive and sexual practice education. They also want abstinence only programs and books that portray a heterosexual and married only societies to be thrown out.

We need to shift our focus from sex bad, abstinence good. We need to have the discussions about...

Congressionally-mandated evaluations released in April of this year demonstrated abstinence-only programs to have "no impact on adolescent behavior".

Teens should learn all they can about birth control,to avoid an unplanned pregnancy

Even though there are many pregnant junior high school kids and high school teenagers, the rate of teen pregnancy in America still has been declining through the past decade. But what should we do to improve sex education, and are the methods currently working?

Many teenagers continue to use the withdrawal method as a form of contraception, even with education in sexual health which promotes abstinence and other forms of contraception.

Due to the federal support of religious-based abstinence education programs in Title V, teens are being taught that condoms are worthless. Abstinence only sex education programs are federally funded with our tax dollars .

Sex education is no longer enough. Teaching kids about contraceptives, and promoting abstinence are not effective tools to combat the issues of teen pregnancy that the adolescence of today face.

An HPV diagnosis can send most people into panic fits. Throw that diagnoses into the life of a pregnant woman, and the world might tilt on it's axis. The TRUTH behind HPV infections during pregnancy, and why society should be the only one ashamed.

Congress should be applauded for allocating funds to fight the global HIV/AIDS pandemic. However, along with the funding, Congress needs to address some spending policies that are having a negative impact on HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment. Perhaps fore

The food that you eat is good for both the baby and you. Lots of rest and fluids and you will be glowing and happy.

A short article on dealing with teen pregnancy.

Canton, Ohio is known to have one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the nation. An interview with Joanne Green of Planned Parenthood puts perspective on this issue, as well as discusses options to reduce this rate and educate both teens and parents.

The debate over teen pregnancy has now engulfed the town of Gloucester, Mass, after the discovery of a "pregnancy pact" by 17 high school students who are now pregnant.

Recently, 17 girls became pregnant at Gloucester High School in Masschusetts. Coincidentally, many past, current and upcoming media events focus on teen pregnancy.

After doing my daily reading, I discovered on ThinkGirl (thinkgirl.net), a womens-issue news website that I am involved in, that U.S. teen pregnancy has declined.

This article examines the causes behind teen pregnancy and offers help for parents to win the fight against it.

Why is teen pregnancy so wide spread and prevalent? Why aren't the current methods of birth control working?What is it with the teen youth? Once again why is teen pregnancy so common?

Teen pregnancy has been an issue for decades. These days though kids are surrounded by sex even more than their parents were as teenagers. As a parent you need to find a way to explain to your children the results of sex, and how it will effect their lives

Teen pregnancy is a widespread concern for thousands across the world. Girls as young as 5 years old have been reported pregnant- and most cases involve incest or molestation.

Times have changed, and pregnancy rates have changed with them. However, we have to look at what is meant by today's statistical teen pregnancy.

No doubt a large number of children got their first taste of sex education by watching the action in the next car instead of on the screen.

Sex should be a topic brought up in the home during a comfortable moment. It is nothing to be ashamed of. This means that a child's first exposure to sex education should be by the parents in the home.

Discussion stressing the importance of a comprehensive sex education program for schools.

Sex Education is a hot topic among parents. No matter what side of the fence we fall, it's how our children turn out that really matters.

Why we need comprehensive sex education in our schools.

It has been questioned that teenagers should not be learning sex education at school, because many people belive this may be influencing them into having sex at an earlier age. However, if they do not recieve this education in school, when will they learn?

Six states in India banned sex education because it is stated according to Hindu nationalists that it "has no place in Indian culture".

How o deal with the hard questions from children about sexual stuff and where babies come from.

For teens who live with ADHD, there may be a need for sex therapy or sex education to reduce the risk for engaging in abnormal sexual behavior

The Maharashtra state education minister had recently announced that sex education would be made compulsory for schollchildren. However, this announcement is being greeted with heated opposition by other legislators in the House.

Today's public and private schools struggle to provide basic, age appropriate sex education to students, and are increasingly fighting an uphill battle against "I don't want to hear it".

School officials discovered a pregnancy pact among many of the 17 pregnant girls at this small Gloucester, Massachusetts school.

A serious look at the consequences of teen pregnancies.

Although teenage pregnancy has declined a total of 35% from 1991 to 2005, teenage pregnancy is still an issue that needs to be kept in the public eye.

Sexual education and it's role in our schools

A dissenting opinion on the value of single-sex educcation from someone who was educated in that fashion.