Parents and Adults

• Teens who abstain from sex during their high school years are 50% less likely to drop out of high school, 60% less likely to be expelled from school, and almost twice as likely to graduate from college.
• Nearly one in three sexually active adolescent girls in ninth to twelfth grade (31.5 percent) report ever experiencing physical or sexual violence from dating partners.
• Sexually active teenage girls are more than three times more likely to be depressed than are girls who are not sexually active.
• Sexually active teens are much more likely to take drugs and drink alcohol.
• Sexually active teenage boys are eight times more likely to attempt suicide than are boys who are not sexually active.
• One out of four sexually active teens has at least 1 STD.
• 50% of sexually active teens contract an STD by the age of 25.
• 1 out of 5 sexually active teens relying on contraceptives experience a pregnancy within two years.
• In 2000, there were an estimated 18.9 million new cases of STDs among Americans.
• Approximately half of all new STD infections occur in teens and young adults (ages 15-24) every year.
• See even more facts.

Concern for the whole person is a well established feature of health education programs.  The California State Board of Education, for instance, defines health as “a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease and infirmity.”  According to the New York State Department of Education, the discipline of health “focuses on the development of the whole person.” The Montgomery County, MD School Board offers a more detailed account of the areas with which health education must concern itself: “To effectively address current health problems it is important to overcome the perception of health as being merely physical....Students must broaden their perception and view health as being multi-dimensional and dynamic...”  The ambitious goals of health educators around the country have certainly resulted in innumerable benefits for American students in many areas of their formation.

It is the contention of abstinence educators that education in sexuality should be no less ambitious in adhering to a whole person standard.

So what can parents do?

Creating Positive Relationships strongly believes that parents should be the primary educators in the area of sex education. We are committed to educating, encouraging and empowering parents to communicate with their children about important issues such as relationships, dating, sexuality and peer pressure. We offer Parent Information meetings at the intermediate and middle schools for parents to preview the content to be provided to their children by our teachers and ask questions. We are offering Parenting 911 Seminars, upon request, and we offer Parent Workshops throughout the year covering a variety of topics that we hope will prove rewarding and informative.

To Register for our next Parent Workshop series, please contact Northview Christian Life Church at 317.846.2884.  The Creating Positive Relationships Parent Workshop will be held as a part of the Northview University program.  It will be a 5-week series from 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. on the following dates:  August 19th, August 26th, September 2th, September 9th, and September 16th.  Each week will cover a different topic ranging from when & how to start talking to your kids about sex, bullying, sexting and internet safety, STDs, and signs of healthy and unhealthy relationships.

Click here for the Evalution Form for the Northview University Parent Workshop. Thanks for responding!  You may mail your evaluation to 160 W. Carmel Drive, Ste 232, Carmel, IN  46032.

COMING SOON!  We will hold four additional Parent Workshops throughout the 2010/11 school year at a variety of locations.  We will provide more information on dates, times, and locations soon. You may contact our office to register.

Additional Workshops:
October 12th - Arlington High School

If your group or organization would like to host a Parent Workshop, then we will come to you!  We have two options in order to accomplish this request.  Please click the link Host a Parent Workshop for more information.

What do the facts say about who influences teens? Click below to take a short quiz to test your knowledge of what and who most impacts your child’s decision of whether or not to become sexually active.

Parent Resources

• Parent Information Meeting Hand-Outs
• Resources
• Upcoming Events Calendar

Church Leaders

1. Our teachers come and teach the curriculum in your youth group meetings or retreat curricula (see the Content Overview).
2. Your youth pastor teaches students in the local classrooms alongside our instructors.
3. Your church hosts a Parenting 9-1-1 Seminar where our teachers come to you and empower your parents to talk to their kids about sex.
4. Your church makes a financial contribution to help your local school provide the program to their students.
5. If your church has a school on the premises, then we also offer a spiritually-based Middle School curriculum called Building Healthy Futures PLUS. The Content Overview for our PLUS program is available for your review below.

PLUS Content Overview

• Anatomy—6th grade, thereafter as needed.
  Genesis 1 :26 "We are made in the image and likeness of God"
  Psalm 139 "We are fearfully and wonderfully made."
• Sexuality involves not only our physical bodies, but our mental, emotional, social, and spiritual beings.
  Luke 2:52 "Jesus grew in wisdom, stature, and in favor with God and Man."
• We need to respect ourselves and others.
  Rom. 13:9 " Love your Neighbor as yourself."
  Romans 13:10 " Love does no harm to its neighbor,"
  1 Thes. 4:1-8 "To Live for Jesus more and more...This is God's will that you be sanctified and abstain from all sexual immorality.
  To learn to control your body in a way that is holy and pleasing to God not in passionate lust like the heathen who doesn't know God.
• Our sexuality is a God-given gift to be cherished and saved for a committed relationship within marriage.
  Good decision-making and goal-setting skills.
• The real meaning of love and commitment in contrast to infatuation.
• The true meaning of good self-esteem (God–Esteem).
  Gen 1 Made in His image.
  John 3:16 God proved our value—e loved us so much He sent His Son to die for us.
• Peer pressure and media influences.
  Proverbs 13:20 "He who walks with the wise grows wise...but a companion of fools suffers harm."
• Possible physical, mental, social, emotional and spiritual consequences of premarital sex.
  Romans 6:23 "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."
  Eph 5:3, Gal 5:19-23.
• Building healthy relationships (with peers, the opposite sex, parents, and teachers) takes time and effort.
• Choosing abstinence is a positive option for all students including those who have sexual experience.
• The importance of having an abstinence plan, which includes whole-person maturity.
  1 Thes. 4:3-4.
  Learning to control our body by understanding how it works.
• Having a dating plan.
• Setting limits.
  Proverbs 14:15 "A simple man believes anything, but a prudent man gives thought to his steps."
• Positive rewards of sexual abstinence.
  Rewards of Secondary Abstinence.
  1 John 1:9 "If we confess our sins He is faithful and just to forgive us and cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
  Micah 7:18--20 Who is a God like you who pardons...
  With regard to sexual abuse, fault lies with the abuser, and both need to be encouraged to seek counseling.

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