The Institute for Relationship Intelligence reaches thousands of teens each year in urban & suburban areas of NJ/PA and other states with messages of healthy relationships, self-leadership and service to others.
In the last decade, I.R.I. has reached more than 130,000 youth, helping them to focus on achieving their future dreams and avoiding the traps that could endanger their lives and goals!
The Institute for Relationship Intelligence is a 501c3 nonprofit organization (EIN 22-3301766). All donations are deeply appreciated and tax-deductible.
Recent Articles
SUPERBOWL HALFTIME SHOW DISASTER — just the TIP OF THE ICEBERG!
Richard A. Panzer, Ph.D.
Founder/Director, Free Teens USA, Inc.
The Superbowl game on February 8 was great. The Halftime show was disgusting and a major “F… You” to American families and to women in general. I’m glad the Turning Point USA Halftime show drew more than 6 million away during the broadcast and 20 million views on social media pages like YouTube during and after. Viewership of the NFL Halftime show was by one report DOWN 39% from the previous year (not exactly a good business model, NFL?)
I’ll be blunt- it’s sad to see an event that should bring […]
Help Boys to Escape Porn
Many young adults report encountering porn from an average age of 12. Jonathan Haidt, in his bestseller The Anxious Generation, explains the consequences: The more you watch porn in your formative years, the more likely you are to avoid pursuing real-life romantic relationships. Asking a human being out feels riskier, at least emotionally. Porn can’t reject you, or humiliate you, or expect any kind of commitment in return for sexual gratification. And so young people—particularly boys—get hooked on it, and slowly their expectations of beauty, intimacy, partnership, and pleasure are warped, perhaps […]
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Free Teens USA Annual Banquet
Date: Saturday, August 20, 2022
Time: 12 PM – 3 PM
Location: Archer Hotel
130 Park Ave, Florham Park, NJ 07932
Join us in honoring NY / NJ youth who have made the Free Teens pledge to save sex for marriage! Register Today!
Free Teens USA Year End Report
2021 was a challenging year for us as we were not able to do much classroom education because of the Covid school lockdowns in New Jersey and California. It was heartbreaking to see so many young people shut off from their teachers and peers and confined in their homes!
We did use the time to upgrade all of our multimedia Relationship Intelligence Training presentations aka LoveSmarts education.
We WERE able to meet many times with young people in our after-school clubs, sometimes in person and sometimes via […]