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Teen Straight Talk Celebrates 30 Years

When Mary Duke, executive director of Teen Straight Talk, began her work in 1989, she thought she would only be teaching students for a year at most. Duke told the Tribune Chronicle that she never imagined that in 2018, she would still be speaking...

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YouTuber Addresses the Importance of Abstinence

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=v-uBS6CmpSI[/embed] Style and beauty YouTuber Courtney McCalmont recently released a video on her channel affirming and encouraging young women to wait to have sex until marriage. Courtney is...

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Practical Purity

Purity is lived out in practical ways: setting boundaries, inviting mentors into your relationship and having a high level of accountability through conversation. Whatever you need to do to ensure you are honoring your significant other and...

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The Right to Resist Peer Pressure

If someone is pressuring you to do anything that's not right or good for you, you have the right to resist. You have the right to say no, the right not to give a reason why and the right to just walk away from a situation. Resisting peer pressure can...

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Breaking Free Virtual Summit

Join thousands of other individuals in watching or listening to 70+ hours of candid, casual conversations between over 45 experts in the areas of pornography, sexual addiction, spouse support and recovery. Learn how to find lasting...

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A Father's Joy

STD Rates Increase Nationwide

According to the California Department of Health, more than 300,000 cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea or syphilis were reported in the state in 2017. Overall, the transmission rate of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis has spiked by a staggering 45...

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Affection Cannot Be Bought

Pressuring someone to have sex is not saying "I love you."  It is saying "I love me." Sex is not leverage. Affection cannot be bought. It does not matter how much time someone has spent with you or how much money has been spent on...

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Fairfax County Sex Education Policy Under Review

Parents in Fairfax County are continuing to protest newly proposed sex education policies. According to an article by Fox5, the new curriculum would expand lessons on the different types of contraception available to students, change curriculum...

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Heartbeat 2018: What to Watch For

  Will you be attending the Heartbeat International Conference in Anaheim, California next week? Our team would love to meet you! If you will be attending the conference, don't miss: Visiting the Abstinence Clearinghouse...

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