Tag Archive for premarital sex
The Crisis Of Nonmarital Childbearing
From 2002 to 2012, the percentage of children born outside of marriage has grown by 6.7 percentage points.
The #1 Hits of 2014 A Mix of All Things...
This year, we can’t help but note the “blend of music” that made it to the top
When Teenagers Think Porn Teaches Them...
Porn is about the closest thing they’ve had to sex education—schools have outdated and uncomfortable sex ed and their parents are absolutely…
‘The 2,000-Year-Old Virgin’
‘Family Guy’ Christmas Episode Portrays Jesus as a Lying, Sex-Crazed Adulterer
Week Of Sex On Campus?
Sex Week falls short of its claim to be an inclusive dialogue, often pushing away students of religious communities
Sex & Social Media Roundtable
This is part of an FYI series on navigating digital technology and social media with young people
How To Reduce Teen Sexual Activity
How to Reduce Teen Sexual Activity
A Baptist, a pediatrician, and an executive from Planned Parenthood walked into a bar to…
‘I Became Hell-Bent On Losing My...
Questions like these continued throughout my childhood, and no matter how intimate, Mom would answer without any sign of embarrassment
I Had A Baby At 14, And Here’s...
My advice: Honestly, wait until you feel you’re really mature enough to handle the emotions and outcomes of sex. I was only…
Jonathan McKee’s TV Interview...
SEX…. “We need to talk with our kids about this regularly!”
Condoms Not Effective Against HPV Or...
EXPERT ADVICE From Dr. Ricki Pollycove
Study: Teen Birth Rates Steadily...
An estimated four million fewer babies were born to teen mothers from 1992 through 2012
Parents Become Less Sensitive To...
Sex and violence has become more prevalent in movies aimed at youth
Parents And Teens Aren’t Embarrassed...
But there’s still a lot more conversations that need to happen, according to new data
Home Visits Decrease Drug Use,...
This intervention can help us break that cycle of despair
Teen Perceptions Of Sexual Activity More...
Researchers wanted to know how teens’ perceptions of their peers’ sexual behaviors and attitudes influenced their own decisions about having sex
Dear Kids: Why Wait till Marriage
What No One Tells You & What I Wish Someone Had Told Me
Stop Pretending Sex Never Hurts
If we’re going to warn people of the perils of Big Gulps, shouldn’t we warn them of the dangers of sex?
Book Review: Guy’s Guide To God, Girls...
“Don’t text and drive until you’ve learned how to juggle straight razors nude.”
‘Pornographic’ Sex-Ed Textbook...
She might sue..the book is a violation of state law for the course to include information that is not age appropriate
Teen Gives Birth, Hides Baby Under Sink
She hid her pregnancy because previously, others’ forced her into having an abortion
School District Halts Condom Giveaway To...
Some of those students could have been as young as 11 years old
Sex And Evangelical Young Culture
Promising amazing sex in exchange for purity doesn’t serve anyone…
MTV: Virgin Territory
MTV’s new show Virgin Territory turns a personal life event into profit
Another Planned Parenthood Caught...
Planned Parenthood receives more than$500 million annually from taxpayers, half of the organization’s budget
Belonging: Is Adult Life “Nothing But...
Belonging to the cool crowd is associated with higher rates of drinking, drug use, sexual activity
64 Percent of High School Seniors Have...
Are more kids having sex than years prior?
Majority of Kids Are Sexting
Students were largely unaware of potential legal consequences of sexting
Planned Parenthood Teaches Kids About...
Staffer Caught on Hidden Cam Telling ‘Teen’ Some Shocking Things About Porn and ‘Kinky Sex’
“Lies, Corruption, and Scandal: Six...
Planned Parenthood received $540.7 million in (taxpayer) funds in 2011-2012.performed 327,166 abortions
Flashback: Sex Early In A Relationship...
Early sex in a relationship was also associated with living together sooner and less satisfying marriages
Teens Are Getting In Fights Due To...
McAfee: More than half of teens in the poll were in a fight because of something on social media
H.S. Yearbook Includes Section On Teen...
1 in 10 new moms is a teen. Only about 50% of teen mothers have a high school diploma
Parents Protest Graphic Sex-Ed Book
The book called, “It’s Perfectly Normal,” is for kids 10 and up
Does Success Of ‘Game of Thrones&...
GOT’where you can dream like a child, while still being pulled into adult themes that have relevance
New Sex-Ed Policy For Broward Schools?
5-12 HPV, dating violence, abstinence, sexting and social media to sexual orientation, gender identity and contraceptive options
How Not to Talk About Purity
It’s time to stop using demeaning object lessons to talk about the sanctity of sex
Inside Edition Reporter “Marriage...
Share her views on virginity in an effort to help young people cope with the negative media messages
For Many Teens Formal Sex Education Is...
83% of teen girls who were sexually experienced didn’t get sex education until they’d lost their virginity
The New Birds and Bees
They apply no morality to any of this, beyond the gross immorality of judgement and the intrinsic good of tolerance and autonomy
Why Our Daughters Are Having Sex
The American Girl: Princess to Promiscuous
Why Our Sons Are Having Sex
The American Boy: From Superhero to Skirt Chaser
‘Burger King Baby’ Finds—And...
“I’m so happy,” Deprill said “I got the hug that I had wanted for the last 27 years. …
‘Nymphomaniac’ Star: 4 Hours Of...
So what’s the big fuss? “I think it’s remnants from when the church had much more influence
Principal Banned Pro-life Display At...
The principal said the models showing the size of a fetus during a nine-month pregnancy went too far
How Do You Talk To Your Kids About Sex
A free webinar next Tuesday, March 4th at 8pm ET (6pm CT / 5pm PT)
Duke Student By Day, Porn Star By Night
Shooting porn empowers me and brings me unimaginable joy
Did the Abstinence Movement Actually...
What kind of impact might our culture have had on students if there had not been a sexual abstinence movement in
Flashback: Trafficking the Girl Next...
A 13-year-old Miami girl became one of the countless children to fall prey to a sex trafficking scheme
Former Yale IVY League Prof Exposes...
For decades, the Sexual Revolution has promoted the guilt-free, do-whatever-feels-right culture
Book: Sex and God at Yale
Porn, Political Correctness, and a Good Education Gone Bad
Early puberty linked to higher substance...
Surveyed 11- to 17-year-olds about their substance use during the prior three months.
Teens with Mental Health Issues Have...
Adolescent girls with a major mental health disorder are three times more likely to get pregnant than those without a mental illness
Country Music Is Clean…Right?
All the Debauchery One Pick Up Truck Can Hold
JUST HOW MUCH IMPACT DO ABSTINENCE AND...
Sexually active at 14..get pregnant have a significantly higher chance of having an abortion
Parents upset by X-rated sex ed poster...
Stupid to teach children that vaginal and anal are examples of an abstinence-based curriculum
New Middle School Sexting Study
Sexting common, linked to sex among high-risk youth
Study: Doctors and teenage patients...
American teenagers are more likely..to get pregnant and contract STIs, the need for frank talk is clear
The teen virgin births?
Claims of virgin births in US near 1 percent, study finds
Messing Up Sex (In So Many Ways)
Teens’ Problems With Provocative Behaviors
Japanese Youth Have Quit Having Sex And...
45% of Japanese women aged 16-24 are ‘not interested in or despise sexual contact
Victims Push Laws to End Online Revenge...
Marianna, 23, is suing her ex-boyfriend and a Web site known for “revenge porn” where nude photos of her were posted
Texas Tackles Teen Pregnancy Without...
The campaign focuses on the delay of sexual activity as a way to decrease the teen birth rate and the rate of…
Three Things You Don’t Know About Your...
I am more aware now more than ever before in my ministry how little parents know about what’s happening
Teen Sex Sleepovers: The Latest Fad in...
“Parents have more influence on what their kids think and do about sex than teachers do”
Flashback: What Dads Wish They Could...
How to Find a Quality Guy Without Getting Your Heart Shredded
‘Normalizing Teen Sex’: A Critical...
Underlying message of “You are not popular without sex” sends a dangerous signal to teens already pounded with sexual pressure
Early Sex, Drugs More Common Among Teens...
Study Suggests Having children with multiple partners is increasingly common
Lesbian Cheerleader And Lover Defied...
Allegedly contacted each other 20,000 times
Hookup culture is apparently a myth
Millennials aren’t having any more sex with more partners than past generations
Asian Canadian Teens Missing Out On Sex...
Immigrant adolescents tend to be more sexually active in Canada as they adapt to western norms
UK Misperceptions On Crime And Teen...
People are wildly wrong when we ask them about many aspects of life in Britain
HPV Infections in Teen Girls Down by 56%...
Vaccine against sexually transmitted HPV cut infections in teen girls by half
Condoms Approved for Schools in...
The new policy allows students to obtain condoms, and counseling, from school health centers…
Update: Pregnant Texas Teen Who Sued...
Pregnant Texas teen who sued parents to keep unborn child now living at home with her new husband and baby still on…
52% Adults And 57% Teens Think Religious...
Esperanza—one of the largest Latino faith-based evangelical networks in the United States—today releases a new resource for Preventing Teen Pregnancy.
“Morning-After” Birth Control Pill...
At what age should young girls be allowed to buy the “morning-after’ pill
The Truth About Sexual Desire
Any discussion about Sex that does not begin with our deepest, truest desire for love begins in the wrong place
The Government Will Now Allow Girls Of...
FDA loss of control on Plan B not surprising
Mississippi Aims To Curb Teen Pregnancy...
A new law intended to identify statutory rapists and reduce the state’s rate of teenage pregnancy
Child Stars’ First R-Rated Movies
Some actors wait until they’re adults to tackle adult roles, others don’t.
Los Angeles Schools Share STD app With...
The app available to seventh and ninth grade health teachers throughout the school district to be used as the teacher sees fit
What’s Behind The Falling Teen Birth...
Teen birth rate falls, especially among hispanics
Pedophile Protection?
Rapist takes young girl to Planned Parenthood for an abortion to hide his crime
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