by myheartcreative | Feb 1, 2019 | News
February is recognized as Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month! About 1-in-10 teens who have been on a date have also been physically, sexually, emotionally or verbally abused by a boyfriend or girlfriend in the last year. Many organizations use this month to raise...
by myheartcreative | Aug 15, 2018 | News
Even if your kids are lucky enough to be in a school district that offers a relatively comprehensive program (count your blessings; some states focus solely on abstinence-only lessons or offer no sex ed at all), you’re still responsible for educating them, too. With...
by myheartcreative | Aug 5, 2018 | News
Katie Morgan, a teen parent coordinator for Oklahoma City Public Schools, is pictured Aug. 2 in her office at U.S. Grant High School. [Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman] The student was nervous when she tapped on Katie Morgan’s door. Her period was a week late....
by myheartcreative | Aug 3, 2018 | News
Katie Morgan’s work at Grant and other schools is part of a larger comprehensive strategy for combating teen pregnancy in Oklahoma County, and it appears to be working. Watch full video. by myheartcreative | Jul 15, 2018 | News
Holland’s communication-based sex education is more effective in lowering birth, abortion and STI rates than America’s just-say-no approach. There is no federal mandate for sex education in the United States, but the U.S. government...
by myheartcreative | Jul 15, 2018 | News
The changing culture around sexual harassment and the #MeToo movement has some states and school districts rethinking their sex ed curriculum to include healthy relationships, preventing violence and ensuring consent. Special correspondent Lisa Stark of Education Week...
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