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‘The Sequence’ Is the Secret to Success

Go to school, work, marry, have children. Why do we fail to convey this message to poor young people?

By Wendy Wang, Wall Street Journal
March 27, 2018
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-sequence-is-the-secret-to-success-1522189894

‘You should wait until you are older to date.” Growing up in a working-class family in China, I learned this at an early age. Like many Asian parents, my mother stressed the importance of working hard and getting a good education before beginning a family.

Having a child outside marriage never crossed my mind. In the small city where I grew up, it isn’t done. Even today, less than 4% of births in China are […]

2018-04-04T13:44:46+00:00April 4th, 2018|News Articles|0 Comments

CDC cites abstinence as “the surest way to avoid STDs”

The CDC, or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, issued a report regarding the “national surveillance data for 2016 on the three notifiable diseases for which there are federally funded control programs: chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis.” In this report, all the diseases being monitored by this government agency saw rates rising within the United States. The following are a few facts regarding chlamydia that can be derived from the report, and the link to the full report can be found below:

  • In 2016, a total of 1,598,354 cases of Chlamydia trachomatis infection were reported to the CDC, making it the most common notifiable […]
2018-03-21T04:18:16+00:00March 21st, 2018|News Articles|0 Comments

5 Things Teens Do Not Know About Sexting But Should

To many of teens, sending sexually explicit content is viewed as a normal way to interact with their peers. They do not see anything wrong with it, especially if they believe that “everyone is doing it.” Meanwhile, other teens engage in sexting because they see it as a joke or because they feel pressured to do so.

In fact, research shows that as many as half of all teens engage in sexting prior to age 18.
But many teens do not realize that sexting has serious consequences. Here are five major dangers of sexting. Be sure your teen is aware of the […]

2016-10-09T01:10:58+00:00October 9th, 2016|News Articles|0 Comments