May is Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month
𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴…? 🤔
May is Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month, and roughly 1-in-4 girls will be pregnant at least once before age of 20.
The U.S. teen birth rate is at an all-time low. As of 2016, the teen birth rate declined 67 percent since its peak in 1991. Yet despite plummeting rates, teen pregnancy and birth rates for teens ages 15-19 in the U.S. remain among the highest of industrialized nations.
The biggest predictor of efficacy of preventing teen pregnancy is parents talking to their adolescents. Parents, if you can start having these conversations before your daughters start menstruating, then you have a greater chance of preventing them from having an unwanted pregnancy. And it’s the same for boys – it’s ideal to begin having talks before the onset of puberty, or around age 10.
By proactively having the “Sex Talk,” or maybe call it the “Relationship Talk”, you have a chance to share your own values in this area, and can be sure you are providing your children with important information not only about pregnancy prevention, but about sexually transmitted diseases, consent, and other related topics.
Having trouble navigating “the talk” with your teens? Send us a message and we’d be happy to assist you in starting the conversation. 💙
Lifting
Instead of just telling our children what to do, let’s make time to show them how it’s done.
Allen Iverson and Dwayne Wade showed others that it’s okay to cry like a man.
It really blessed me to see two men openly grieving the loss of their beloved friend.
Experience is the best teacher
It’s a good thing to have a desire to motivate men, but it’s hypocritical when we do not pursue what we advise them to do.
What Is A Girlfriend?
Jason Wilson shows us why it’s imperative that we teach our boys how to rule their emotions, so that they can critically think
Thank you Jeff at Tri-Covery Massage & Flexibility
Yes the path to success will take us through many physical challenges, but trust me, we do not have to live with the pain to make gains!
Upbringing
Sometimes listening is the best way to answer.
Peace Of Mind
“You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You.” — Isaiah 26:3
Boys don’t need to be “scared straight”, they need to be healed
So the next time you see a boy with a hood on inside, don’t berate him—engage him. Our boys don’t need to be “scared straight”, they need to be healed.
Staff Break Room
Our staff break room is almost finished—God is so good!
He Knows And Understand
Trust me—He knows and understands, so don’t fret.
Never Be Discouraged
“I know all the things you do, and I have opened a door for you that no one can close. You have little strength, yet you obeyed my word and did not deny me.” – Rev 3:8
THE POWER OF A FATHER’S PRESENCE
Father’s—just because you’re not in your son’s home, doesn’t mean you can’t be in his life! Please learn how to #CryLikeAMan so that you can release the toxic emotions and trauma preventing you from being the father he needs.
Peace Be Still
“My tears have been my food day and night, while people say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
Safe Space
This is where the battle begins and is won, for it’s written, “But there is another power within me that is at war with my mind. This power makes me a slave to the sin that is still within me.”- Romans 7:23
One day all men will break free from emotional incarceration
“Sometimes instead of holding back certain things, we should just do. We take stuff for granted… like I don’t talk to you guys as much as I need to.”
Kobe’s Legacy: Fatherhood
For it is written, “Behold, children are a gift of the LORD… Like arrows in the hands of a warrior… how joyful is the man whose quiver is full of them!”
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