The Abstinence Clearinghouse Blog

 
Recently we received a report from The Abstinence Kenya Forum, “Upholding the Youth’s Dignity” held on January 9, 2010.  Here is a synopsis of this report:
 
The participants of the forum were invited by Abstinence Kenya by virtue of being in the category of ‘youth’.  They were drawn from different parts of Nairobi, Kenya.  While most [...]

“I am only one, but still I am one.  I cannot do everything, but I can do something.”
Edward Everett Hale

“Character is power.”
Booker T. Washington

AMES, Iowa — The Ames Library Board is considering whether to limit access to a magazine that some parents said exposes their teenage children to sex at an early age.
 
Sex, Etcetera is a magazine created for teenagers that’s all about sex education. It’s currently available in the teen section of the Ames Public Library, [...]

If you have not seen a copy of the November-December 2009 issue of Celebrate Life published by the American Life League, it would be worth your time to read the story written by Lisa Bastian entitled “One less ‘YES’ for Gardasil”.
Ms. Bastian reports on many complications, even deaths, caused by this widely distributed vaccine.  Gardasil is anything but [...]

Sacramento – A dance routine performed during an event to welcome new students to Rio Americano High School is coming under fire for being too racy and sexually explicit.
 
Rio Americano parent P.J. Bascom said the routine crossed the line.
 
“It was not something I would want my son looking at.  I didn’t find it to be [...]

November 12, 2009
Positive parent-teen relationships, high parental awareness and monitoring of whom their children are with, and family dinner routines are all linked to delayed sex among teens, according to a new Child Trends research brief.  The brief, Parents Matter: The Role of Parents in Teens’ Decisions about Sex, explores how parenting practices that occur [...]

October 22, 2009
 
This commentary was delivered by Prison Fellowship president Mark Earley. This commentary contains material that may not be suitable for children.
Professor Dale Kuehne is a professor of politics at Saint Anselm College in New Hampshire. At least once a semester, Kuehne can count on a certain question always being asked when he teaches [...]

Antonio Garcia-Alavez went to school Thursday looking for a lesson in how to talk with his four children. By the end of the night, he and his 14-year-old son hugged.
“It kind of felt good,” Edgar Garcia said afterward. “We haven’t hugged in a long time.
“We’ll hug probably every day now, I hope.”
As part of its [...]

 “I’m SEXY enough…to keep you waiting.” That’s the copy on a skimpy new tank top created by the Candies brand. Released as a part of the Candies Foundation, which exists in part to reduce teen pregnancy and encourage abstinence, it is one abstinence shirt you don’t want your daughter to wear. It sends a mixed [...]