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What Do Parents Want Taught in Sex Education Programs?


  Author: Robert E. Rector, Melissa G. Pardue, Shannan Martin
Publisher: The Heritage Foundation
Publication: The Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 1722
Document Date:                  January 28, 2004
Category: Education > Sex Education
Related Categories:
Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Sexual Activity
Education > Abstinence Education
Sexuality > Abstinence/Chastity
Sexuality > Parental Sexual Attitudes/Behaviour
 

This paper presents the results of a survey that demonstrates that most parents support abstinence education in high school and want their children to learn the value of saving sex for a mature, loving and committed relationship.  It shows that almost all parents reject the ideals of comprehensive sex education programs, which teach abstinence as only one of several options available to teens. 

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