Turns out the media-generated hysteria about Teh Teen Sex Plague is like so much media-generated hysteria: not based on and contradicted by actual data. So why the fuss? The latest rise in teenage pregnancy rates is cause for concern. But it very likely reflects changing patterns in contraceptive use rather than a major change in [...]

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At the Washington Post, Patrick Welsh wrings his hands over the more supportive treatment pregnant teens and teen moms are receiving from some school districts. He is dismayed that teen moms are openly flaunting their motherhood. The somber statistics about teen motherhood are the reason the day-care center, run by the local nonprofit Campagna Center, [...]

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Based on a study of 1,461 adolescent virgins age 12 to 17 who shared similar characteristics of religiosity, parenting and friendship, the RAND Corporation finds that teens who made a virginity pledge were significantly less likely to have sex before marriage within a three year period after making the pledge. According to Scientific Blogging: Forty-two [...]

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No MySpace Please Originally uploaded by Jeff Kreger Found via Tame the Web. This is what Teen Spaces are for, peoplez.

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In an open letter to directors Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, pediatrican Rahul K. Parikh implores them to take the lead in severing movie tie-ins with the fast food industry for the sake of reducing childhood obesity. Dr. Parikh makes a reasonable (and standard) argument that fast food advertising has more influence than parents in [...]

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