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Want Extra Credit? Submit to Guilt, Shame and Misinformation

By Tami Sanderson

June 12, 2009 - 8:21am

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My daughter could only get extra credit if she attended an abstinence-only-until-marriage program. And despite dozens of my phone calls, the school board doesn't care.

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Real Parents Want Real Sex Ed

By Tami Sanderson

April 24, 2009 - 8:00am

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My daughter could only get extra credit in health class if I signed a release form for her to participate in an abstinence-only program.

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A Top Ten List for Talking to Teens About...Well, You Know

By Karen Rayne

March 4, 2009 - 8:00am

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Stop talking! Start listening! Know yourself first -- and seven other suggestions for parents who know they need to talk about sex with their teens.

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Dear President Obama, From a Pro-Sex Ed Father

By Gilbert Herdt, National Sexuality Resource Center

January 26, 2009 - 8:00am

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It is not right that only wealthy people's children who attend private schools get quality sexual literacy. This form of extended segregation creates a vacuum and fills it up with shame, fear and silence.

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Home Economics: Planning for Parenting

By Anna Clark, RH Reality Check

September 23, 2008 - 7:00am

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Ready to raise a family? Parents and parents-to-be are facing a brutal economic moment and longstanding workplace and government policies that don't support them in building their families. What solutions do our presidential candidates offer?

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