Originally posted by: Riprorin
Teenagers are going to have sex no matter how many pictures and statistics are given to them.
Well, then maybe kids need more than pictures and statistics.
How about a different approach?
I haven't evaluated Abstinence cirricula, but here's an example:
WAIT Training...
? Imparts relationship skills to students from seventh to twelfth grades...
? Teaches teens the positive benefits of utilizing self-control...
? Discusses the differences between instinct and intellect...
? Raises achievable expectations of responsible behavior...
? Challenges students to think...
? Provides skills to expose media and cultural influences to enable teens to recognize unhealthy messages...
? Teaches teens to value abstinence, to recognize the strengths inherent in sexual abstinence until marriage...
? Encourages sexually active teens to start over, empowers them to set renewed standards of sexual behavior, to choose to go forward with sexual abstinence until marriage...
WAIT Training is a high energy interactive program, utilizing FRIENDS FIRST curriculum, that develops character traits like respect for self and others, responsibility, honesty, self discipline, self control, integrity and courage.
Exerpts from the WAIT Training Manual
Table of Contents
Units and Topic Highlight
Unit #1
Building the Classroom Climate
Personal Strength Checklist
Accepting Yourself...Accepting Others
Unit #2
Defining Love
How Do You Spell Love
Love vs. Lust
Infatuation vs. Love
Unit #3
What About Sexuality?
Sex in America
I Want You to Love Sex
Unit #4
The Media & Their Influence
Advertising and Sexuality
Who Says It's OK Sex Before Marriage?
Unit #5
To Wait or Not to Wait?
Who Advises You to Wait?
Why Do People Have Sex?
Unit #6
Bonding & Intimacy
How Teens Misuse Sex
The Relationship Roller Coaster
Unit #7
The Consequences of Teen Sex & the Freedoms of Waiting
When Do You Put Icing On a Cake?
Is Virgin a Dirty Word?
Unit #8
Sexual Refusal Skills & Assertiveness Training
Ways to Say "No" To Sex
Alternatives to Sexual Activity
Unit #9
Commitment & Marriage
What Do I Want My Life Partner to be Like?
"Goodies" of Marriage
Unit #10
Worth the Wait
You are Worth the Wait
WAIT Training Test
Unit #11
Conflict Resolution
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