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Parents & Teachers
A message from the Director of Free Teens
...there isn't so much a youth problem in America as there is an adult problem
Is her body really ready?
Physicians
and teachers should inform young teenagers of the facts on their
physical and reproductive development, and even encourage aspirations
for education.
Contraceptive Effectiveness?
Failure rates in preventing pregnancy over 12 months of use as reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Study: Abstinence, not condoms, led to teen birth drop.
Increased condom use by sexually active teens has not led to lower birth rates
Free Teens Found Effective
Since 1998, Free Teens USA has given its nationally acclaimed Free Teens Leadership Training and Relationship Intelligence education to more than 100,000 students in New York and New Jersey.
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...
Heritage Foundation Study
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."
Frontline: Lost Children of Rockdale County
A
shocking, disturbing and revealing documentary first shown in October,
1999 on PBS stations around the country. The most disturbing thing is
that most of the parents were in complete denial...
Just Hormones?
The
surge of hormones that turns adolescents into young men and women may
not be as important in determining teen sexual behavior as many people
believe.
Free Teens“Living in the Age of AIDS/Deciding Your Future” - Curriculum Summary
Free
Teens is an intensive HIV/AIDS, STD, and pregnancy prevention program
used in public and private junior and senior high schools in 38 states.
JAMA Study: Good News for Parents
A
landmark report published in September, 1997 in the Journal of the
American Medical Association brings encouraging news for parents.
Free Teens Seminars
Want
to know how to be trained to use the Free Teens/Relationship
Intelligence curricula and multimedia materials in your schools and
community? Three day Relationship Intelligence trainings have been
conducted all over the U.S. and in many countries around the world.
Like Mother, Like Teenager...
Richard Panzer was interviewed for an article which appeared in The Record on Thursday, September 5th, 2002, with the title, "Like mother, like teenager: Closeness to her deters early sex."
Report from 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.
RQ: Relationship Intelligence Training Seminar 2004 Responses and Pictures
Study: Study Shows the Free Teens Program to be Effective
"Frogbuster"
Mommy, Daddy, Where Do Babies Come From?
The Free Teens USA RQ: Relationship Intelligence
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