by APFLI | Aug 27, 2005 | Parent Resources
When faced with tough choices, will your child be self-confident? Teach your tweens & teens the “5 Knows and the 5 Nos”: 5 Knows 1. Know yourself. Think about who you are, who you want to become and what you believe in. Know your...
by APFLI | Aug 27, 2005 | Parent Resources
One conversation with your child about risky behaviors is not enough. Introduce the subject when a child is still very young, in simple language and with clear rules. As your child grows, repeat the message in more mature terms. Here are some suggestions to help...
by APFLI | Aug 24, 2005 | Responses - Advocacy / Dating / Instruction & Teaching Abstinence
I don't want to have sex. Clarification: I do want to have sex, but only with my husband. And I don't have one of those yet (a Husband, I mean). No, I am not an ultraconservative who is cohabitating with a houseful of cats and TiVo'ing Lifetime movies....
by APFLI | Aug 23, 2005 | Studies - Abstinence / Pornography / Sex Outside Marriage Research
A new study released 14June05 by the US Department of Health and Human Services, and completed by a contract with Mathematica Policy Research, Inc, reveals that abstinence education works. According to the interim report, teens who participated in abstinence programs...
by APFLI | Aug 23, 2005 | Parent Resources
These suggestions are specifically aimed at helping your children avoid smoking. However, these basic helpful hints will also help protect your child from drugs and from sexual activity outside marriage. See Through Their Eyes. Reassure your child that while friends...
