[houston1]

I'd love to see an exit interview type study done on the effectiveness of these programs. I went to a high school that taught abstinence only, and after 9th grade the students pretty much tuned it out and did what they wanted. Seems like a feel good thing for the parents so they think the schools are doing something.

[69ConvertibleFirebird]

I went to a high school that taught abstinence only

My H.S. taught us to NEVER smoke. Of course that made the kids want to smoke because 1) authority says it's bad and 2) there was such a fuss about it. Get the social indoctrination, rather than teaching, out of the schools, period. When the parents teach it the kids listen. Of course there are a few bad parents and a few kids who will never listen.