"…the Guttmacher Institute, which conducts reproductive health research, came out with a study that suggests censoring sex ed won’t actually lead to teens safeguarding their virginity until they slip on a wedding ring. But sex ed classes, even the really G-rated ones, get teens to wait longer before they start having sex. Sex ed leads teens and young adults to delay sexual intercourse, according to the research, which relied on data from the National Center for Health Statistics on about 4,691 women and men between the ages of 15 and 24. “There is an incorrect belief that talking to teens about sex promotes sex,” says study author Laura Lindberg, a senior research associate at Guttmacher."

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Teen Sex Ed: Instead of Promoting Promiscuity, It Delays First Sex | Healthland | TIME.com

If I have any secondary passion in education, it’s fair and appropriate sex education for children so they grow into healthy, responsible adults.  

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