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	<title>Ruth Institute Blog &#187; Teenagers</title>
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		<title>Can you hear us now?</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/09/04/can-you-hear-us-now/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/09/04/can-you-hear-us-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 22:24:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hook-up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pornography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teenagers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teen pregnancy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I like it. Way to go. by Melinda Tankard Reist When Melinda Tankard Reist’s latest book, Getting Real: Challenging the sexualisation of girls, was published last year, a reviewer described it as a “collective shout against the pornification of culture”. “I liked the phrase so much I decided to give it to a new grassroots [...]]]></description>
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		<title>‘Lower age of consent’ says gay rights campaigner</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/08/27/%e2%80%98lower-age-of-consent%e2%80%99-says-gay-rights-campaigner/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/08/27/%e2%80%98lower-age-of-consent%e2%80%99-says-gay-rights-campaigner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:42:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sex Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teenagers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sexualization]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=3861</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Now here&#8217;s a good idea. (Heavy sarcasm) by Carolyn Moynihan A high profile British homosexual activist wants the age of sexual consent lowered to 14, on the basis that currently underage sex “is mostly consenting, safe and fun”. Peter Tatchell plugged for this change in America in one of a series of articles on “dangerous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ITAF podcasts</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/08/25/itaf-podcasts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/08/25/itaf-podcasts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:22:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Norrie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[It Takes a Family]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[college students]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ITAF 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jennifer Roback Morse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Miriam Grossman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sex]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sex Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teenagers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=3850</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The first two podcasts of talks given at this year&#8217;s summer student conference are up on the podcast page for your listening pleasure.  There will be around 10 talks when all of them are podcasted (categorized under &#8220;ITAF 2010&#8243;).  Thanks to everyone who was a part of &#8220;It Takes a Family.&#8221; Dr. Miriam Grossman Dr. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feds embargo pro-abstinence findings</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/08/20/feds-embargo-pro-abstinence-findings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/08/20/feds-embargo-pro-abstinence-findings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 22:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chastity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sex Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teenagers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abstinence]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=3833</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[by Bill Bumpas and Jody Brown he full results of a national study that favors abstinence education is being withheld from researchers and the public. The taxpayer-supported survey from 2008 found that around 70 percent of parents and their teenagers believed that teens should wait until marriage to have sex. Despite release of the study&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Resisting the age of infidelity</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/07/21/resisting-the-age-of-infidelity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/07/21/resisting-the-age-of-infidelity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:41:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hook-up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teenagers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[college students]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hooking up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[infidelity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=3437</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Best line: &#8220;Thanks to a society that no longer believes in healthy boundaries nor explains why they are important, students on college campuses are learning to be experts in infidelity; they are studying how to lie and cheat with their bodies and affections.&#8221; by Viviana M Garcia Students on college campuses are learning to lie [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Family meal as therapy</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/06/30/family-meal-as-therapy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/06/30/family-meal-as-therapy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:22:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teenagers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adolescents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eating disorders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family meals]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s so true. Many studies have proven the lasting value of family meals on children especially, including improved test scores and health, and decreasing the chances of drug and alcohol abuse. by Sheila Liaugminas I have few T-shirts with words or pictures on them, preferring simple solid colors instead. But there’s one I couldn’t resist, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parents need to ask the hard questions</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/06/10/parents-need-to-ask-the-hard-questions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/06/10/parents-need-to-ask-the-hard-questions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 20:36:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chastity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teenagers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[modesty]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=2771</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Good stuff to keep in mind for parents of teenagers. Heidi (one of our blog followers) being one, what do you think? by Katie Hinderer Last week’s post about attire and the male versus female mind has drawn a lot of comments. (I love hearing what you have to say, so keep the thoughts coming.) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teen pregnancy: It’s the attitude, stupid</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/06/07/teen-pregnancy-it%e2%80%99s-the-attitude-stupid/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/06/07/teen-pregnancy-it%e2%80%99s-the-attitude-stupid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 22:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Babies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birth Control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chastity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Condomism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hook-up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pregnancy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sex Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Single Parents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teenagers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abstinence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[babies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birth control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[condoms]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[teen pregnancy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=2694</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The thought of kids having kids is really disturbing to me. I had my first child when I was 25, and I can say, it&#8217;s serious business. I can&#8217;t imagine doing it while trying to go to high school or even college. And who is really going to be raising these children anyhow? My guess is, the grandmothers. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abstinence message &#8211; teachers wrong, student right</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/06/01/abstinence-message-teachers-wrong-student-right/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/06/01/abstinence-message-teachers-wrong-student-right/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ginny</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chastity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hook-up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Political Correctness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teenagers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abstinence]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=2580</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From One News Now comes this article about a high school student who dared to wear a T-shirt to school that promoted&#8230;.(gasp)&#8230;..abstinence! A middle-school student in Minnesota has regained his right to wear at school a T-shirt bearing an abstinence message. Officials at Hastings Middle School had initially prohibited seventh-grader Johnathon Kinney from wearing the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Most kids are dating way too early</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/05/27/most-kids-are-dating-way-too-early/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/05/27/most-kids-are-dating-way-too-early/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 23:20:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teenagers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dating]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=2526</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I agree. And Ray Guarendi is a real top notch guy who knows his stuff. This makes sense. by Carolyn Moynihan Most kids are dating way too early That’s the opinion of family psychologist Ray Guarendi, and judging from the schoolkids I see smooching on the street and at the mall he is right. So when? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to Facts about Youth</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/04/15/welcome-to-facts-about-youth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/04/15/welcome-to-facts-about-youth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 23:11:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Teenagers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sexual identity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[youth]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=2045</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps a good response to the information in the previous post. Facts About Youth (Facts) is a resource created by health professionals to provide policymakers, parents and youth with the most current medical and psychological facts about sexual development. Amid debate in the medical and mental health fields concerning the causes and proper approaches to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Youth and same-sex attraction: a new resource for schools</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/04/15/youth-and-same-sex-attraction-a-new-resource-for-schools/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/04/15/youth-and-same-sex-attraction-a-new-resource-for-schools/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 23:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Homosexuality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sex Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teenagers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sexual identity]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=2043</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[by Carolyn Moynihan A group of American paediatricians concerned about policies that encourage teenagers to think positively about same-sex attraction has set up the website FactsAboutYouth.com and sent a letter to the superintendents of all public schools in the United States. This initiative of the American College of Pediatricians expressly refutes a publication &#8212; Just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teen Births or Out of Wedlock Births?</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/04/14/teen-births-or-out-of-wedlock-births/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/04/14/teen-births-or-out-of-wedlock-births/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 17:07:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Roback Morse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debunking MSM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[single mothers]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=2032</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Robert Rector of the Heritage Foundation, takes the MSM to task for its flippant and irresponsible reporting on the CDC&#8217;s figures on teen births. The press has rushed to report a minuscule drop in “teen births” based on data released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). As usual, the mainstream media are focusing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We&#8217;ll never end our teenage pregnancy epidemic until we admit what&#8217;s REALLY causing it</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/03/10/well-never-end-our-teenage-pregnancy-epidemic-until-we-admit-whats-really-causing-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/03/10/well-never-end-our-teenage-pregnancy-epidemic-until-we-admit-whats-really-causing-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:49:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sex Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teenagers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teen pregnancy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=1799</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sex ed programs aren&#8217;t working. The solution: keep having them! By Professor Brenda Almond After 13 years in power, a sense of chronic disappointment hangs over the Labour administration. Yesterday, another of the Government’s shameful failures was exposed: the bankruptcy of its policy to tackle Britain’s awful record as western Europe’s teenage pregnancy capital. With [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Too much, too soon</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/03/03/too-much-too-soon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/03/03/too-much-too-soon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:50:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sex Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sexual Integrity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teenagers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abstinence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teen pregnancy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=1724</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Way to break it down. This is what they wanted to do. This is what they did. Thanks a lot. I miss the 50&#8242;s (had I lived during them). by Joanna Bogle As possibly one of its last acts as government, British Labour bids to make sex education compulsory. Sex education. The very words strike [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What’s so progressive about sex education?</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/03/02/what%e2%80%99s-so-progressive-about-sex-education/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/03/02/what%e2%80%99s-so-progressive-about-sex-education/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:05:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sex Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teenagers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=1704</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The British schools secretary is under fire for making allowances to religion-based schools to teach sex ed according to their beliefs. Those complaining against him sound like intolerant whiners to me. Nathalie Rothschild ‘Every single one of you is the result of a good shag.’ Those were the opening words of my biology teacher as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Planned Parenthood and children&#8217;s sexual rights</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/24/planned-parenthood-and-childrens-sexual-rights/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/24/planned-parenthood-and-childrens-sexual-rights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I appreciate the author&#8217;s attitude on how ridiculous this is. Since when is it okay to usurp parental authority over a ten-year-old and teach them the &#8220;pleasures of sex&#8221;? When was sex ever a good thing for any child? Please, let&#8217;s teach children NOT to have any self-control. Let&#8217;s tell them to sneak around their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>‘Minx’ game tempts tweens</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/13/%e2%80%98minx%e2%80%99-game-tempts-tweens/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/13/%e2%80%98minx%e2%80%99-game-tempts-tweens/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 23:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yet another fantastic way to screw up kids. Carolyn Moynihan The sexualisation of children’s entertainment has reached a new low with the arrival of an online game in which kids can “hook up” and play strippers and prostitutes with avatars. One hates increasing the notoriety of sites like My Minx, but it might be just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pure cynicism</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/03/1338/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:26:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chastity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Way to go, PM! Way to voice your opinion even when it&#8217;s so horribly unpopular. . . and when you&#8217;re right. Carolyn Moynihan Horrors! The next prime minister of Australia might be a man who advocates virginity for young people. Here is this week’s shock-horror story from Australia: the country’s next prime minister might be a man [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teen pregnancies go up &#8211; who&#8217;s to blame?</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/03/teen-pregnancies-go-up-whos-to-blame/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:09:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pregnancy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My money is on the horrible movies and tv shows geered toward teens. Just a preview for an American Pie movie was enough to make me want to retch. Charlie Butts &#8211; OneNewsNow - Teen pregnancies were up three percent in 2006, which is the latest reporting period available. Proponents of comprehensive sex education are [...]]]></description>
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