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Can Debutante Classes Break Troubled Teens' Cycle of Pregnancy and Poverty?new
The Ladies by Design Junior Debutante Course is part of a trend in programs springing up to help low-income teens. Often promoted as lessons in such things as hip-hop dance or engine building, the programs are in fact holistic youth development gigs.
Dallas Observer |
Kimberly Thorpe |
06-30-2009 |
Culture
Debating the High-School 'Pregnancy Pact' Won't Make Teen Pregnancy Surge Disappearnew
There are limits to what social programs and education can accomplish. Teen pregnancies -- desired or not -- will never disappear. But, as the nation's 15-year successful track record indicates, they can be controlled.
Boston Phoenix |
Editorial |
06-26-2008 |
Sex
Teens and STDs: The Silent Epidemicnew
Many were shocked when the Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported last year that one in four teenage girls had contracted a sexually transmitted disease -- but Milwaukee experts weren't. Milwaukee has a long-standing problem not only with teen pregnancy, but with teen STDs as well.
Shepherd Express |
Lisa Kaiser |
05-23-2008 |
Science
Teaching Teens How to Parent and Stop Having Childrennew
Battling the highest teen pregnancy rate in the nation, Texas counselors have their work cut out.
Dallas Observer |
Jesse Hyde |
04-21-2008 |
Sex
