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"At the finish of the third day he came to me, shook my hand & looked straight at me with a smiling, bright clear face, saying, "I thank you so much. You have completely changed my head on all this. I am going to be more focused on my goals now. " read more...
What is Free Teens Leadership Training?
"Free Teens Leadership Training empowers young people to value their lives and to live their values through its award-winning Relationship Intelligence education, which has been used in 38 states and many countries around the world."
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Teen Media Summit 2008
This years Teen Media Summit was a great success!
Check out the photos, music, videos and read all about it here.
Full Report
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Poetry
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Study: Abstinence Ed in Virginia cuts rate of sexual initiation by half
The program achieved a significant and sizable reduction in teen sexual initiation, and the importance of emphasizing cognitive mediators was underscored. |
LoveSmart DVD Volume 1
Powerful, "hip" intro to key issues in teen sexuality and relationships, otherwise known as "Relationship Intelligence," updated in Spring 07.
Watch a sample of Part 1: Choices & Consequences. Teens share about the consequences of their friends' and their own choices about teen sex.
To view more of Part 1 and order the entire DVD click here. |
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Abstinence vs. "Comprehensive" Sex Ed: Research or Propaganda?
There have been many (often gleeful) media reports this year about the
Mathematica review of 4 federally funded abstinence education programs
which found
that none of them were effective in delaying sexual involvement 2.5 -
5.5 years
later among students who were exposed to the abstinence education
programs in
elementary school or early middle school when compared to students who
had
not been given the abstinence education.
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UNITED STATES: "Mainstream Portrayals of Sex Seduce Teens, Researcher Finds"
According to research to be presented the 18th International Nursing Research Congress Focusing on Evidence-Based Practice this week in Vienna, a sample of at-risk teenage girls in Florida reported that movies, TV shows, and song lyrics helped shape their impression that casual sex is commonplace and
ordinary. Read more... |
LoveSmart 07 Film Festival Winners
Finalist entries from the 2007 LoveSmart Film Festival were shown at
Passaic
County Community College on May 5. Read more... |
3rd Annual Mr. & Miss Free Teens USA Pageant Competition 2007
Free Teens USA held its 3rd Annual Mr. & Miss Free Teens USA Royal Pageant Competition on May 5 at Passaic County Community College in Paterson, NJ. Nine contestants competed for top prizes in the King, Queen and Princess categories. Read more...
Read contestant essays |
Report by Free Teens Education Director Linda Haft
In my 14 years as a Free Teens healthy relationship educator, I do not
like my students to feel uncomfortable and I go out of my way to help
them to not feel pressured or embarrassed when I share with them
about the benefits of abstinence until marriage as a healthy life
style choice.
Read full report. |
Quotes from "Unprotected: a campus psychiatrist reveals how political correctness in her profession endangers every student". |
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Zambia Training
It
is hard for me to find the words to describe my experience during the 7
days Alain Tommelessio and I spent in the "Copperbelt" region of Zambia
bringing the Free Teens program to a country that, while full of
promise and natural beauty and resources, faces serious challenges.
Read my story... |
Free Teens Zambia Report on Ndola presentations
The survey was conducted after presenting the “Living in the Age of AIDS” and “Deciding your future” lessons. Over 440 students at Dominican Convent School from grade 8 to10 in Ndola received teachings from PDHC (Z) educators and participated in the survey.
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Free Teens Activities in Kitwe, Zambia
192 youths from various schools and colleges attended a Free Teens HIV/AIDS prevention seminar in Kitwe, Zambia on August 19-20, 2006. The program began with entertainment including songs about HIV/AIDS from several musical groups and choirs and performances by a number of youth drama groups.
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Sexed up images in the media hurt young girls: study
Inescapable media images of sexed-up girls and women posing as adolescents can cause psychological and even physical harm to adolescents and young women, a study in the US has warned. |
Sex of any kind can harm teens emotionally
Researchers at the University of California San Francisco found that up to one-half of the sexually active teenagers in their study said they'd ever felt "used," guilty or regretful after having sex. |
The Free Teens USA RQ: Relationship Intelligence puts forth a positive vision of healthy relationships, in three
sections: Self Leadership, Interpersonal Relationships, and Community
Leadership. Endorsed by the Institute for American Values
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RQ: Relationship Intelligence Training Seminar 2004 Responses and Pictures
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ABC Model in Uganda Reduces HIV by Two Thirds
The
potential of abstinence-centered, character-based sexuality education
to directly reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS infection among adolescents
and adults is highlighted by a case study published by the U.S. Agency for International Development (2002), “What Happened in Uganda? Declining HIV Prevalence, Behavior Change, and the National Response.” |
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New Study Proves Virginity Pledges Work
A new study released by the Heritage Foundation of Washington, DC, proves that
teens who pledge to abstain from sexual activity until marriage have "better life outcomes and are far less likely to engage in risky behaviors than non-pledgers." |
Watching Sex on Television Predicts Adolescent Initiation of Sexual Behavior
Early sexual initiation is an important social and health issue. A recent survey suggested that most sexually experienced teens wish they had waited longer to have intercourse...
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Chains of affections link 288 at a midwestern HS
The first map of romantic liaisons in a U.S. high school reveals an elaborate, high-risk trail of love.
A Snapshot of Teen Sex. |
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US Gov: Condom effectiveness limited against many STDs!
"There
are multiple distinct challenges to design future studies that COULD
draw clear conclusions about effectiveness of condom use in preventing
STDs." Read more...
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Randomized Trial Finds Teen Abstinence Ed Effective
An
article in the January, 2005 Journal of Adolescent Health reports a
rigorous 4 year study, which found that randomly assigned female
students exposed to an abstinence-centered program in a Chilean high
school had five times lower pregnancy rates than the control group of
female students, which received no intervention. Read the report...
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Report on conference in Prague, Czech Republic. Risk Behavior of Adolescents and its Prevention. National Public Health Institute. It was the 5th annual seminar in the
Czech Republic organized by Dr. Marcela Rozehnalová, chairman of CEVAP
(Center for Ethical Education and Social Pathology Prevention). Over
the past 5 years one of the main activities of CEVAP has been to teach
the Free Teens Program. Read more... |
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Can
one song make a difference in the world? Can one movie or TV show have
a positive impact in people's lives? What about 100 songs? What about
1000 new songs, movies and TV shows a day? CultureMachine.com was born
through the synergy of ideas from Richard Panzer, founder of Free Teens
USA and Diego Costa, a professional musician, songwriter and web-music
entrepreneur. Check out the Culture Machine! |
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The
Real Deal on Love, Relationships and Marriage, three video/DVD series
is a valuable new tool to help educators initiate discussions about
healthy relationships, stages of intimacy, and the documented benefits
of marriage. Read more... |
Mary's Story
Hello! My name is Mary and I am a single 18 year old mother to a beautiful 5 week old baby.
'FrogBuster'
A Girl's Guide to Survival in the Dating Swamp...
Teens Want to Wait
Two-thirds of U.S. teenagers who have had sexual relations wish they had waited longer, a new survey has found |
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Autumn's Story
She never believed that she would die. Which 25 year-old wants to imagine her own death? |
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Human beings have the POWER to choose whether or not to have sex!
Keep that power! |
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on taking the first step towards good health, taking action to get
accurate information! This site has some eye-opening and
thought-provoking real life stories. And if you'd like to become a contributor to our new Teen Culture Section and write music or movie reviews, let us know! |
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Mommy, Daddy, Where Do Babies Come From?
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Fatherhood Fact from the National Fatherhood Initiative
A
study on parent-infant attachment found that fathers who were
affectionate, spent time with their children, and overall had a
positive attitude were more likely to have securely attached infants.
Source:
Cox, M.J. et.al. "Prediction of Infant-Father and Infant- Mother
Attachment." Development Psychology 28 (1992): 474-483.
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