Or maybe AIDS education that accompanies condom distribution. Maybe rising low self-esteem figures attached to rising obesity is making teens less likely to get nekkid. Maybe its the increasing perception that becoming a single mother will make you a social outcast and lock you in the lowest socio-economic bracket for the rest of your life while the right wing ridicules and demonizes you. Abstinence education is valuable - when it is backed up with solid information. Telling kids to "just say no" is simply naive. Trust me...I was an angel, one of the best behaved kids you could hope for, and my parents tried that tact with me. Didn't work. \still no kids \\very happy about that \\\maybe someday