by instilling a sense of purpose, dignity, and self-respect in young women...giving them something constructive, meaningful, creative, and fun to do with their time...validating their presence instead of undermining the importance of their self-development and contribution to society from a young age...not side step informative discussions about sex because you as a parent are uncomfortable talking about it...because in the end...it is alot less uncomfortable to talk about it from an early age than be up at night taking care of your grandchild at 30...when your child is only 15...also those not in that position need to empathize with those in that position...not be so high and mighty just because it happened not to happen to you or your daughter...and work within the reality to eradicate the problem instead of simply talking about the reality and exacerbating the problem...
[This message has been edited by celestial_blues (edited July 29, 2001).]