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Teenagers and Pregnancy: Stalled Progress

Teen attitudes about sex are changing, and the news ain’t good.  Chuck Colson says that progress has stalled …”

… because contemporary sexual education and efforts to prevent teen pregnancy are constrained by two very bad ideas: the first is a strong aversion to telling kids that sex outside of marriage is wrong. … The other bad idea is treating teens like adults who, armed with “the facts,” will make the right choices. Any neurologist or social scientist or parent of a teenager will tell you that this isn’t so.

Read his full commentary and/or listen here.

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