A Special Invitation & Urgent Prayer Request for True Girl Moms
By Dannah Gresh, Founder of True Girl I write today with a heavy heart, an invitation, and a prayer request. Why My Heart Is So
By Dannah Gresh, Founder of True Girl I write today with a heavy heart, an invitation, and a prayer request. Why My Heart Is So
By Dannah Gresh, Founder of True Girl Most children are developmentally ready to learn about sex during their ninth year. Around this age, I encourage
by Dannah Gresh, founder of True Girl The best advice I ever got on my marriage came from my husband. Only he wasn’t my
By Erin Davis I was fifteen years old when Dannah’s message first captured my heart. Long before she was a bestselling author and
By Dannah Gresh, founder of True Girl Sometime around your daughter’s ninth or tenth year, she’s forming questions about sex. Are you ready to answer
by: Bethany Beal I was the teenage girl reading Christian books about modesty, purity, and relationships. I often read my favorite books over and
by Lisa Yabra Purity can be a touchy subject to some, especially because of the way both the church culture and the culture outside the
By Dannah Gresh, Founder of True Girl
Of all the things you can do to reduce the risk of your child experiencing an early sexual debut, social science states that one thing reduces the risk more than anything else. And I think it's safe to say that social science is just figuring out what God recorded in the pages of Scripture.
What is the number one way to reduce the risk of an early sexual debut? It's not signing a purity pledge. Though signing one has been proven to delay sexual experience by about 18 months, these are not foolproof tools. It's not peer-based abstinence accountability programs. Though programs like Best Friends have proven that positive peer pressure to delay sex is effective, resulting in an 80% reduction in the likelihood that participants would have sex. It's not having your child participate in comprehensive abstinence education. Though programs such as Heritage Keepers Abstinence Education have participants who are less likely to experiment with sex than those who did not take the comprehensive course. It's also not your killer youth pastor, a best-selling book like my first (And the Bride Wore White: Seven Secrets to Sexual Purity), or attending a purity event with Christian principles. Nope! These things help and remind us that our approach must be comprehensive when helping our children embrace and live out a Christian sexual ethic.
The number one risk reducer? It's you, mom! And dad! Parent-child connection is the thing that most reduces the risk of an early sexual debut and so much more that you might fear for your child including substance abuse, violent behavior, or academic failure.
By Dannah Gresh, founder of True Girl
"I'm not talking to my children about sex yet. It's too soon," stated a defensive mother after I addressed an audience at one of my workshops.
"How old are your kids?" I asked.
"12 and 14," answered the mom.
I hear it all the time. Parents argue that not talking to their kids about sex will "reduce the risk" and "keep them innocent." In fact, not talking to your kids about sex and abstinence is one of the top five things that place kids at risk of having sex too soon. The best age to begin the direct conversation that includes the mechanics of sex is about the ninth or tenth year, but this list includes resources for building the conversation from the ages of 3 to the college years. I've been reviewing content regarding sex education for parents for nearly two decades. Let me share with you my top seven resources to talk to your kids about sex.
If there were something you could do to reduce the risk of your child’s heart being broken by future sexual pain, would you do it?
Get free parent resources, event
updates, special offers and more!
Product
Company
True Girl is a ministry of Pure Freedom, a non-profit 501c3 that relies on donations from friends like you. Consider making a gift today.
True Girl is a ministry of Pure Freedom, a non-profit 501c3 that relies on donations from friends like you. Consider making a gift today. Consider making a gift today.
