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Single
Parents
There are 12.2 million single parents in the United
States according to www.census.gov. Of the 12.2
million, 10 million are single mothers and 2.2 are
single fathers. What does this statistic say to
you?
Perhaps this is an
important fact to recite to your daughters. Help
the young girls understand that a third of the
births in America in 2002 were to unmarried women,
89% of whom are unmarried teenagers, ages 15 to 19.
The price of birth control
pills increased this month from $10 to over $50 on
many college campuses. Abstaining from sexual
activity may be a good idea but in the heat of the
moment, that plan failed in your day, my day and
throughout history. It does not work today either.
Young people need to be
protected with knowledge, state of the art birth
control and disease control until their
assertiveness and will power catches up to their
passion or dependence on aggressive partners.
Prevention that works is
required.
©2009, Molly
Barrow
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Dr. Molly
Barrow holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology and is
the author of the new book, Matchlines:
A revolutionary New Way of looking at relationships
and making the right choices in
love. She is an
authority on relationship and psychological topics,
a member of the American Psychological Association
and a licensed mental health counselor. Dr. Molly
has appeared as an expert on NBC, PBS, KTLA, and in
O Magazine, Psychology Today, Newsday, MSN.com,
Match.com, Women's Health and Women's World. Please
visit: www.askdrmolly.com
or Take the new relationship compatibility test,
Match Lines Systems for Successful Relationships
for Singles, Couples and Business at
www.DrMollyBarrow.com.
Molly has a radio program, Your Relationship
Answers at www.blogtalkradio.com/drmollybarrow
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