A&M Partnership

By Karen Nowicki
2009

Karen Nowicki gives moms of tween daughters helpful tips on how to strengthen the parent/child relationship by making every minute count. Work and chores will always be waiting for you, but your daughter will be out the door before you know it.

Taylor Moore's spirited crusade for chastity is a tough sell to jaded teens. But she has faith in her message.
By Jessica Reaves
April 20, 2008

(Chicago Tribune) It must be tough being a full-time student, motivational speaker, media darling and lightning rod for one of the country's most contentious social issues. Like any true rebel, Taylor knows how challenging, even hostile, an uncomprehending world can be.

By Scott Phelps
November 7, 2006

It’s a little known fact that during the past decade, long-term negative trends in sexual activity among teens have done an about face.  According to the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), teenage rates of sexual activity, pregnancies, births, and abortions have all been in steady decline for more than 15 years.

How a U.S. Official Promotes Marriage To Help Poor Kids
By Laura Meckler
November 20, 2006

(The Wall Street Journal) The notion that government can help children escape poverty by promoting marriage for their parents was once considered a fringe idea from right field. It is now federal policy.

Letter to the Editor, Wall Street Journal in response to Dr. W. Bradford Wilcox, “The Real Pregnancy Crisis”
By Scott Phelps
May 22, 2009

In The Real Pregnancy Crisis (5/22/2009), Dr. W. Bradford Wilcox has once again shown that today’s “pregnancy crisis” is not occurring among teens.  In fact, while teen birth rates are near an all-time recorded low, out-of-wedlock birth rates are at an all time high. 

By W. Bradford Wilcox
May 22, 2009

(Wall Street Journal) Earlier this month, Bristol Palin turned herself into a poster child for the nation's continuing effort to prevent teenage pregnancies. Ms. Palin's campaign could not have come at a better time.