Abstinence: Parents

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Making Sense of Sex Education

Navigating the sex education curriculum in your child's school.

Dear Parents: What Your Teens Need to Know about Sex

Talking to our teens about sexuality is one of the most life-affirming tasks parents face in our sex-saturated society.

Grandparents and Sex Education: Tips for Talking to Grandchildren

Basic tips in talking to grandchildren about sexuality.

Amygdalas, Anatomy and Autonomy

Smart kids often make bad decisions. Why? Amygdala. It isn’t a new street drug; it’s a small almond-shaped neuro-structure in the back of the brain.

Dear Mom & Dad: Teach, Instruct, Discuss

Have we avoided talking to our teenagers about sex because we think, “I got through it without any help…what’s so different for my kids?” Assuming that there is little difference between our adolescent years and today’s teen culture is, on most counts, naïve and incorrect.

Grandparents and Sex Education: A Vital Link of Generations

Grandchildren do not live in an isolated existence away from societal changes and influences. They are immersed in modern culture, and they know the world differently than you do.

Grandparents and Sex Education: Consequences of Our Sex-Saturated Society

Teens across our country are learning that it is not healthy for them to have sex before marriage. In fact, if they wait until marriage to have sex they will reap many benefits in their physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health.

Sex-Ed Books Aid Churches and Families

Where there are teens there is a need for open, biblically based dialogue about God's plan for sex in a fallen world. Worth Waiting For is a brand-new series of three sex-ed resources created by licensed counselor David Scherrer and Focus on the Family abstinence expert Linda Klepacki.