By KAREN MATTHEWS and LINDSEY TANNER
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s a campaign believed to be unprecedented in its size and aggressiveness: New York City is dispensing the morning-after pill to girls as young as 14 at more than 50 public high schools, sometimes even before they have had sex. Read more…
I’ve actually seen this several times on facebook recently. Clearly it’s making a comeback. Good stuff to share with the teenagers in your life.
by Carolyn Moynihan
Some messages take a long time to catch on — or perhaps they are things that need to be said at regular intervals, forever. Answers, for example, to the complaint, “I’m bored.” Read more…
by Mariette Ulrich
A recent Slate article by Darshak Sanghavi (Slate‘s health care columnist, also chief of pediatric cardiology and associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Massachusetts Medical School) discusses the decline in U.S. teen pregnancy rates. Read more…
For a long time advocates claimed divorce had no permanent effect on children. Now we’re acknowledging this isn’t so. We shouldn’t dismiss warning signs accompanying redefining marriage: Read more…
from Roger Eldridge, Chairman, National Mens Council of Ireland
The link below to a Research article which interviewed the nurses who have to carry out the HPV vaccination programme is very revealing. Several nurses were unhappy and reluctant to agree the vaccine was safe and the majority were reluctant to administer the injection of chemicals into a girl’s bloodstream where there was no parental authorisation. By the way as language is so persuasive I don’t think we should concede that the chemicals they are injecting is a “vaccine” – the definition of and common understanding of a “vaccine” is something which is GOOD and PROMOTES HEALTH. Read more…
by Dale O’Leary
A professional body tackles the issue of the sexualisation of girls but fails miserably to diagnose the cause.
No-one would guess it from even a passing acquaintance with popular television shows, but there is increasing concern among parent and professional groups about the sexualisation of girls. Responding to this concern the American Psychological Association appointed a taskforce to study the problem in 2006. The resulting report shines a light on a real problem, but it fails to offer a workable solution. It is undeniable that the media and culture present girls with a sexualized image of their value and appeal. However, seeing the problem does not necessarily mean that one understands the cause, and without understanding the cause it is highly unlikely that one can prescribe the correct remedy. Read more…
by Carolyn Moynihan
While Britons debate controls on internet porn, a case involving children has come to light which lends weight to the argument for more effective controls. A 14-year-old boy has been prosecuted in the High Court in Edinburgh for a sexual assault committed when he was 12 years old, copying a hardcore film he saw on the internet. Read more…
Rihanna — I’m a Rockstar, not a PARENT!!! Picture: TMZ Read more…
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