StatisticsTeens and Sexual Activity"Research shows that parents can best keep their teens from becoming sexually active by maintaining a warm and loving relationship with their children and letting teens know that they are expected to abstain from sex until marriage." (Family Planning Perspectives: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, The Alan Guttmacher Institute, New York, 2002)
Teens and STDs"In many cases, a person can be infected with an STD and have no symptoms. 80%, of individuals infected with a sexually transmitted disease have no symptoms. If an STDs go untreated, they can cause sterility, chronic pain, and even death." (Grapevine Publications (2003), “Is Sex Safe? A Look at Sexually Transmitted Diseases”, Life Cycle Books, Niagara Falls, NY.)
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