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Sex survey now a standardized test for youngsters

by Bob Kellogg Beginning next spring, fifth-, eighth-, and tenth-grade students in the DC schools will take a 50-question sexual education standardized test. But Peter Sprigg of the Family Research...

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Kids want to hear about life and love from parents

by Carolyn Moynihan There was an uproar in New Zealand recently about sex education when a father told the NZ Herald he had pulled his son out of sex education because the teacher had told his class...

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Parental rights come before sex-ed goals, says Robert P George

By Carolyn Moynihan The introduction of mandatory sex education classes for middle school pupils (10- to 12-year-olds) in New York has brought criticism from a leading US academic. Robert P George, a...

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Parental rights, schools and rival moral visions

by Sheila Liaugminas In the public schools, parents are losing more rights with more frequency these days. The California school system has been in the news a lot in recent months for its change in...

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So this is what they mean by “comprehensive sex education”?

by Carolyn Moynihan The New York Times yesterday published a preview of a weekend magazine article called “Teaching Good Sex” — a long and detailed account of how one teacher, with full support from...

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Is abstinence education working?

by Charlie Butts Janice Crouse of Concerned Women for America (CWA) says the truth is that teen birth rates have been dropping for several years now, and the stats from the Centers for Disease Control...

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Sex-ed classes and the assault on our children’s innocence (Part 1)

by Dr. Michael L. Brown Caution: Contains descriptions that some may find offensive. Did you hear about New York City’s comprehensive drug education program for all students in middle school and high...

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Sex-ed classes and assault on our children’s innocence (Part 2)

Dr. Michael L. Brown Caution: Contains descriptions that some may find offensive. As outrageous as it is to hear about the new sex-ed curriculum for New York City schools, beginning with middle...

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Changing the world: one college campus at a time

by Joanna Hyatt This past summer, I spent a fantastic weekend as one of about 40 international students who attended the Ruth Institute’s “It Takes a Family” 2011 conference (ITAF). While there, I met...

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Values for life

by Louise Kirk Most sex education fails because it does not prepare children for life. A successful values programme is changing all that. In 2010 plans were afoot to make sex education compulsory in...

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HHS Mandate, Phase Two?

By Mark Steyn Once these Catholic institutions get with the beat on contraceptives, what next? From Sudbury, Ontario: Family members are shocked after Grade 7 Catholic school students received oral sex...

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Harvard’s favourite subject, again

by Mariette Ulrich This NY Times piece discusses last month’s first-ever Sex Week at Harvard, a student-run program of lectures, displays and conversations about “all things sexual,” including: how to...

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Most US high school students have never had sex

Amazing news. Could it really be true? Are teens finally waking up to the pitfalls of early sexual activity? by Carolyn Moynihan Here is some important info from the US that we missed last week. A...

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Self-control is the only magic bullet

by Carolyn Moynihan This is not exactly family fare but it seems significant that the American Psychological Association is calling attention to the need for “behavioural approaches” along with medical...

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The next big thing in sex-ed: the evil of heterosexism

by Carolyn Moynihan If you were worried about sex education classes that encouraged sexual relations between teenage girls and boys, you might now have something even more serious on your plate:...

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A Brief History of Sex Ed: How We Reached Today’s Madness

by Miriam Grossman Today’s sex ed curricula are based on the widely-accepted teachings of depraved human beings. Once upon a time, sex education was a simple biology lesson. Students learned the facts...

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Poster in middle school includes graphic sexual references

Bob Kellogg   (OneNewsNow.com) Tuesday, February 11, 2014 The father of a 13-year-old girl in Kansas is challenging a middle school for putting up a poster titled “How Do People Express Their Sexual...

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Put the Sex Back in Sex Ed

by Camille Paglia When public schools refuse to acknowledge gender differences, we betray boys and girls alike Fertility is the missing chapter in sex education. Sobering facts about women’s declining...

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You are not alone: Big Brother as student chaperone

Can the White House put a stop to sexual assaults on campus? by Carolyn Moynihan The Obama Administration has announced a bold new move on climate change. Not the change that is melting icecaps but the...

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Concerned Women questions school district’s reaction to teen pregnancies

by Bob Kellogg A conservative women’s group is speaking out against the latest outrage in public school sex education, this one taking place in an Oregon public school district. The Gervais School...

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