abstinence is great for teens sure, and I hope my daughter will partake. I think you can look at the data the other way though and say yanno, there is absolutely no proof that abstinence-only sex education programs WORK. And this stuff about chromosomes and masturbation, geesh. People wonder why I homeschool :P
Dana On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 10:07:56 -0800 (PST), Sam Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If you look at your other sites, one of them has a > > big table with > > columns for "what works" and "What doesn't." Guess > > where abstinence > > was. > > And I posted the reason, only one study was done and > more were needed. > > But look next to that at "Best Bets". > > It says: > > Focus on developing abstinence values among teens and > encourage them to sign virginity pledges. > > Work with adolescents to change their perception that > most peers are sexually active and that sexual > experience elicits respect from peers. > > Improve educational performance and encourage teens to > form high educational aspirations. > > Promote participation in sports (effective for girls > only). > > ..... > goes on and then this > > Reduce non-voluntary sexual experiences. > > Isn't that a given? > > > > http://www.childtrends.org/Files/K1Brief.pdf p. 5 > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced search. > http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:139061 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
