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Did Abstinence-Only Create a Bully Generation?

Soraya Chemaly | Posted 02.11.2012 | Parents
Read More: Sexism, Gender Stereotypes, Equality, Gender and Bullying, Bully Police, Gender, Legal Matters, Bullying, Teen Abortion Rates, Lgtb, Bullies, Teen Stds, Bullying in Schools, Cyberbullying, Sex Ed in the US, Slut-Shaming, Sexual Harassment, Homophobia, Comprehensive Sexuality Education, Sex Ed, Abstinence-Only, Teen Pregnancy, Elizabeth Meyer, Ethics, Abstinence, Lgtbq, Parents News
Soraya Chemaly

Abstinence-only education creates a petri dish for bullying in schools. There is always a lot of back and forth about the efficacy of these programs,...

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Cara Santa Maria

WATCH: Sex Education: Does Abstinence-Only Education Really Work?

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 11.28.2011 | Home
Read More: Teen Mom, Sex Ed, Children, Abstinence, Science, Sex Education, Education, Video, Std, Talk Nerdy to Me, Sex, Teens, Teen Pregnancy, Birth Control, Cara Santa Maria, Sti, Condoms, Home News

2011-11-18-djfkdjfkjioejfkdkjiejie.jpgScience illuminates sexuality. And that is why it is so important that we learn about our bodies at an early age.

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Cara Santa Maria

WATCH: The Science of Sex Education

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 01.15.2012 | Home
Read More: Lgbt, Video, Parents-Teens, Sex Ed, Talk Nerdy to Me, Safe Sex, Teen Pregnancy, Science, Abstinence-Only Education, Abstinence Education, Stis, Title V, Sex Education, Rick Perry, Home News

What is the most effective way to educate young people about sex? What can we do to minimize unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections (STIs)? Does abstinence-only education work? Some people think so.

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Surprising Things We Can Learn From The Dutch About Sex Education

healthland.time.com | Maia Szalavitz | Posted 11.18.2011 | Home
Read More: HIV/AIDS, Parents-Teens, Amy Schalet, The Sex Talk, Holland, Teen Pregnancy, Safe Sex, Teen-Abortion, Teen Sex, Sex Education, Home News

Teen birth rates are eight times higher in the U.S. than in Holland. Abortion rates are twice as high. The American AIDS rate is three times greater t...

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The Sex Education of Justin Bieber

Cristina Page | Posted 01.04.2012 | Home
Read More: Teen Pregnancy, Contraception, Sex Education, Teen Parenthood, Justin Bieber, Justin Beiber, Justin Bieber Pregnancy Story, Bieber, Justin Bieber Girl Pregnant, Justin Bieber Sex, Home News
Cristina Page

Justin Bieber serves as an allegory for the way we treat American teens: leading them to temptation, unprotected and unprepared, and expecting more of them than we do of ourselves.

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The New ABCD's of Talking About Sex With Teenagers

Amy Schalet | Posted 01.02.2012 | Parents
Read More: Teen Pregnancy, Sex Ed, Sex, Sex Talk, Sex Education, Health Education, Teenagers, Parents News
Amy Schalet

How can American parents and other adults talk with teenagers about sexuality and romantic relationships in more positive terms, while bolstering young people's capacities to protect themselves against potential negative experiences and consequences?

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High School Student Who Faked Pregnancy Gets Lifetime Movie

AP | Posted 12.14.2011 | Home
Read More: Gaby Rodriguez Pregnancy, Toppenish High School, Alexa Vega, Video, Gaby Rodriguez, The Pregnancy Project, Lifetime, Washington Schools, Teen Pregnancy, Fake Pregnancy, Lifetime Movie, High School Assembly, Gaby Rodriguez Fake Pregnancy, Toppenish Washington, Home News

SEATTLE -- Faking her pregnancy was the high school project that keeps paying off for one Washington state teenager. Gaby Rodriguez of Toppenish was ...

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Sex Education Gets New Video Game

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 12.13.2011 | Women
Read More: Birth Control Video Games, Birth Control Brigade, Contraceptives, The Pill, Contraceptive Video Game, Teen Pregnancy, Contraception, Birth Control, Video Games, Slidepollajax, Women News

With various contraceptives on the market, from condoms to rings and patches and pills, men and women have a whole arsenal of ways to prevent unplanne...

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Alexa Vega To Star In Movie About Teen's Fake Pregnancy

Fox 411 | Meagan Murphy | Posted 12.11.2011 | Home
Read More: Teen Pregnancy, Faux Pregnancy, Lifetime Movie, Alexa-Vega, Home News

America wants more teen pregnancies -- at least on their televisions. Following the success of MTV’s Teen Mom, 16 and Pregnant and last year’s ...

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Revamping Sex Education: A New Approach to the Birds and the Bees

Richard Buery | Posted 12.06.2011 | New York
Read More: Teen Pregnancy, New York City Schools Chancellor, Social Innovation Fund, Parenting, Mayor Bloomberg, Sex Education, NYC Department of Education, Sex Ed, Dennis Walcott, New York News
Richard Buery

New York City should consider a more comprehensive initiative that takes into account all aspects of a young person's growth and development, not solely strategies associated with understanding and reducing sexual risk-taking.

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What's The Perfect Age To Be A Mother?

Janice Van Dyck | Posted 12.04.2011 | Women
Read More: Women, Puberty, Single Mothers, Infertility, Children, Working Mothers, Teen Pregnancy, Pregnancy, Motherhood, Fertility, Modern Family, Mothers, Assisted Reproductive Technology, Family, Teen Moms, Women News
Janice Van Dyck

Is it possible we're missing the old days when younger couples did the parenting and older couples were grandparents?

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Rick Perry Struggles To Answer Question About Sex Ed: 'Abstinence Works'

Posted 10.24.2011 | Home
Read More: Teen Pregnancy Rate, Abstinence Only Education, Sex Ed, Elections 2012, Texas Teen Pregnancy, Sex Education, Rick Perry, Texas Education, Texas, Video, Abstinence Only, New Mexico Schools, New Mexico Sex Education, Texas Sex Education, Teen Pregnancy, Texas Schools, Home News

Last summer, Texas chose to pass on $4.4 million in federal funds aimed at sex education for adolescents in the state, The Texas Tribune reported. ...

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School-Mandated Sex-Ed: It's About Time!

Ilana Garon | Posted 10.12.2011 | Home
Read More: Public Schools, Stds, Nutbusters, Alcohol, Teen Pregnancy, Birth Control, Teachers, Teaching, Sex Education, Home News
Ilana Garon

My experience as a teacher in the New York City public school system has only furthered my belief that a comprehensive sex education policy would be a life-saving measure.

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The Must-Have School Supply for Girls: Educational Access

K. Sujata | Posted 10.10.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Girls, Literacy, Education, Poverty, Rape, High Poverty Schools, Dating Violence, Teen Pregnancy, Chicago Food Deserts, Illinois Dream Act, Girls Education, School Bullying, Food Deserts, Chicago Impact, Chicago News
K. Sujata

Back-to-school chatter is already building in Chicago. However, in the discussion of education reform and politicking, one facet is missing: access.

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Sofia Vergara Talks About Her Teen Pregnancy

Posted 10.04.2011 | Celebrity
Read More: Teen Pregnancy, Cultura, Modern Family, Sofia Vergara, Video, Celebrity News

They looked virtually the same age in their "Got Milk?" campaign last year, and now actress Sofia Vergara opens up about her teen pregnancy with son M...

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How Young Is Too Young For Birth Control?

Posted 09.21.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Healthy Living Health News, Teen Birth Control Pill, Video, Teen Sexual Health, Healthy Living Body, Teen Birth Control, Poll, Teenagers on the Pill, Teens, Teen Pregnancy, Unplanned Pregnancy, Teen Contraception, Healthy Living News

Apparently, more and more teen girls are popping pills -- birth control pills, that is. A Thomson Reuters study released this past March reported ...

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Andrea Stone

Hard Hit By Recession, Presidential Citizens Medal Winner's Organization Is In Need Of Cash

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 09.11.2011 | Impact
Read More: Oprah Winfrey, Presidential Citizens Medal, Budget Cuts, Daisy Brooks, Teen Pregnancy, Social Services, Illinois Budget Crisis, North Chicago, Barack Obama, Illinois Social Services, Impact News

UPDATE 7/14/2011: Two days after The Huffington Post reported on financial problems at a social service center run by Presidential Citizens Medal win...

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Lessons From The Casey Anthony Case

Father Alberto Cutié | Posted 12.16.2011 | Religion
Read More: Young Parents, Teen Parents, Father Albert Cutie, Immature Parents, Episcopal Church, Teen Pregnancy, Casey Anthony, Caylee Anthony, Justice, Casey Anthony Reflection, Casey Anthony Verdict, Episcopal Priest, Religion News
Father Alberto Cutié

It appears to most of the world that in our courts parents can get away with neglect, irresponsible behavior and putting their child in the trunk of a car without any of these actions being labeled as "abuse."

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WATCH: Selena Gomez 'Blamed' Mom For Parents' Painful Split

Huffington Post | Anna Bahr | Posted 08.30.2011 | Divorce
Read More: Teen Pregnancy, Divorce News, Selena Gomez, Selena-Gomez-Divorce, Demi Lovato, Divorce, Difficult Divorce, Celebrity Divorce, Justin Bieber, Video, Divorce News

In an E! Entertainment special that aired Wednesday night, teen queen Selena Gomez opened up about her parents' divorce. Gomez, who was 5-year-old...

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Katherine Bindley

He's 51, She's 16: What Age Gap Relationships Mean For Teen Girls

HuffingtonPost.com | Katherine Bindley | Posted 08.30.2011 | Women
Read More: Doug Hutchison, Teen Pregnancy, Age Gap Relationships, Teen Marriage, May December Romance, Love & Sex, Courtney Stodden, Women News

"True love can be ageless," declared actor Doug Hutchison, 51, an actor who starred in the television series "Lost," when he announced his May marriag...

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Study: Increasing Numbers of Parents Are Allowing Teens To Have Sex At Home

ParentDish | Posted 08.24.2011 | Women
Read More: Teen Sex Education, Teenagers Having Sex, Teen Sexual Health, Teens Having Sex, Adolescents and Sex, Teen Pregnancy, Adolescent Sex, Teen Sex, Teen Sexuality, Adolescent Sexuality, Teen Sex at Home, Women News

"If you think for one minute I am going to let you go out tonight just so you can have sex, you have another think coming, young lady! You are going t...

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How To Make Sex-Ed Work For Teens

Deb Levine | Posted 07.18.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Sexual Health, Social Media, Youth, Mobile Health, New Media, Technology, Sex Education, Sexuality, Herpes, Hiv, Teen Pregnancy, Std, Parenting, Healthy Living News
Deb Levine

Many sex education techniques are, at best, moderately successful, say youth. Different content is needed to engage young people in their own sexual health, and in more forms.

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What Ruined 16 and Pregnant? Teen Mom

Lilit Marcus | Posted 07.10.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: 16 and Pregnant, Teen Mom Amber, Teen Mom Maci, Teen Mom, Teen Mom Farrah, Teen Mom Mtv, Reality TV, Teen Pregnancy, Teen Mom 2, Mtv, Entertainment News
Lilit Marcus

When MTV first started airing 16 and Pregnant, I was riveted -- until Teen Mom came along.

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Why Gaby Rodriguez Should Be Applauded

Lloyd Glauberman, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Pregnant Teens, Lying, Gaby Rodriguez, Teen Pregnancy, Pregnancy, Teenage Pregnancy, Gaby Rodriguez Pregnancy, Gaby Rodriguez Fake Pregnancy, Healthy Living News
Lloyd Glauberman, Ph.D.

For decades social psychologists have been developing research strategies to generate the kind of data that Gaby collected during her project. This is the prism through which Gaby's experiment should be viewed.

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Sensibility Over Partisanship in Preventing Teen Pregnancy

Richard Buery | Posted 06.19.2011 | New York
Read More: Teen Pregnancy, Stds, Pregnancy, Abstinence Only, Budget Cuts, Sex Education, New York News
Richard Buery

When it comes to solving teen pregnancy, we know what works. Slashing effective services based on politics or ideology unfairly impacts those of us who are the most vulnerable.

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