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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]8:00 here. Thank you, OP, for posting the link, as it's a very important discussion topic. I'm just unable to listen right now and am wondering what perspective Diane's guest is coming from.

I think far too many parents have no clue how severely HS/middle school sex is impacting our culture. The CDC has just announced that the biggest jump in suicides is among girls aged 10-14.

Anyone think that premature sex has nothing to do with that?

Anyone think girls aren't suffering from depression when they get dumped by the 'boy of their dreams'?

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The CDC didn't just announce it- they announced it in 2007. Why would you think the issue is sex and boys? Those issues  have been around forever. Social media, however, has made bullying and shaming a national sport in middle school. [/quote]

Wrong. The rate among girls ten to fourteen has now tripled.
Of course it's getting fueled by a multitude of reasons, including more and more kids raising themselves in an empty home after school. When and where do you think it's so convenient to have sex?

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What studies show "more and more kids raising themselves in an empty home after school"?[/quote]

+1. The sad fact is that the suicide rate has jumped for all age groups, not just for girls 10-14. It's true that the largest increase has been seen in females in this age group, but that's in part because the base was so small to begin with. (The suicide rate among girls 10-14 is very low compared with rates for other age groups and compared with males of any age.) The suicide rate among boys 10-14 is 75% higher than the rate for girls of the same age, and it also has grown alarmingly.

The CDC has also found that the percent of teens having sex has declined over the past 25 years. So at least for kids 15-19, those empty homes don't seem to be inducing more sexual behavior. However, I can't find any data on sexual activity in kids under 15, so it's possible that, though the overall rate has fallen, more young teens are having sex than before.

Still, I think, given the overall suicide trends, it's fair to surmise that there is a larger cultural problem here, not something that is specific to girls and their sexual activity.[/quote]

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