The Abstinence Clearinghouse Blog

A new, probably fraudulent, study showed that twins who had sex earlier had lower levels of delinquency and antisocial behavior a few years later, not more.  The article mentions that policymakers and psychologists hold that early sex, say at 14, makes a teenager more likely to have academic problems, commit crimes, drink, smoke and suffer emotional problems compared with peers who wait until 17 or later.  Abstinence is never mentioned as a solution, only as how long it will last: different friends and different experiences influence when a teen falls off the abstinence wagon, but doing so at a tender age need not spell disaster.  Wow, what are we teaching our children!