Is Hollywood to blame for teen pregnancy? Many people think so as the news of a pregnancy pact at Gloucester High School in Massachusetts spreads. Seventeen girls at the school are pregnant this year. That’s four times as many as last year. The school started to get suspicious when many girls began to come in […]
It’s prom season and you know what that means. Big money on beautiful gowns. Tuxedos. Flowers. Fancy dinner. Condoms.
Condoms?!?
Yes, condoms. At least for one school.
A school in Arizona has voted to put condoms in a goodie bag they will be handing out at prom. The bag will contain balloons, candy, pictures frames and condoms.
It’s widely […]
Yesterday I talked about a mom who I believe did not handle the news of her daughter’s pregnancy very well. Cheryl even admitted she could have handled it better when she found out her fifteen-year-old daughter, Justine was pregnant. I don’t know the whole story. We only saw glimpses of their life and the whole […]
Meghan Daum wrote an interesting post in the New York Times about girls on Spring Break titled Raunch is Rebranded as ‘Confidence.’ According to her research, girls don’t necessarily go on Spring Break trips to party. Instead they go seeking confidence.
If I can be considered hot here, I’ll be hot anywhere,” a rather morose […]
At what age should you talk to your kids about sex? According to Dr. Steven Abelowitz, sex education should be a series of conversations from toddlerhood to teenagerhood. Parents should take clues from their kids on what to say and when to talk about s-e-x. Kids are influenced by a lot of sources; friends, teachers, […]
With Jamie Lynne’s Spears’ teen pregnancy all over the news, I’ve started to wonder if I’ve talked to my kids about sex enough. We talked after they watched the video on reproduction in their sixth grade health class and after the unit on pregnancy and STDs in their eighth grade living skills class. We discuss […]
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Written by Charlene Polanosky , and Christine Young for b5media.
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