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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.