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Book Your Programs
We still have available dates during each month of this coming school year. If you know your preferred date just give us a call to schedule. Call 972-422-2322 or email Windi Fuller at wfuller@aimforsuccess.org to
request a proposal or schedule your programs. Discount months include: August, September, December and April.
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Aim For Success always encourages parental involvement in our abstinence education programs. That is why we offer an hour long parent program for each of the 4 student programs we offer. These programs allow parents to preview what their student will see and provide parenting tips on how, when and why to talk to their child about sex. This program also helps satisfy the requirment for parental education as required with many private and public abstinence education grants.
Aim For Success is listed as an approved organization by the State of Texas for abstinence education programs. If your school or organization receives funds from the State of Texas for abstinence education it can be used for Aim For Success programs.
If you are ready to schedule your programs for this coming school year or if you need additional information, just give us a call at 972-422-2322 or email Windi Fuller . Although our calendar is filling up quickly we still have dates available for each month of the upcoming school year including our discount months of August, September, December and April.
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What Teens Want
Parents to Know
For the past 15 years, The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy has asked teenagers across the country the following question: "If you could give your parents or other important adults advice about how to help you and your friends avoid pregnancy, what would it be?" The following are the top 10 most frequent answers.
#1 Show us why teen pregnancy is such a bad idea.
For instance, let us hear directly from teen mothers and fathers about how hard it has been for them. Even though most of us don't want to get pregnant or cause a pregnancy, sometimes we need real-life examples to motivate us.
#2 Talk to us honestly about sex, love and relationships.
 Just because we're young doesn't mean we can't fall inlove or be deeply interested in sex.These feelings are very real and powerful to us. Help us to handle the feelings in a safe way - without getting hurt or hurting others.
#3 Telling us not to have sex is not enough.
Explain why you feel that way, and ask us what we think. Tell us how you felt as a teen. Listen to us and take our opinions seriously. A request on this front: Let's have conversations instead of lectures, please.
#4 Whether we're having sex or not, we need to be prepared.
We need to know how to avoid pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. If we ask you about sex or birth control, don't assume we're already having sex. We may just be curious, or we may want to talk with someone we trust. And don't think that giving us information about sex and birth control will encourage us to have sex.
#5 Programs for teen moms and teen dads are great, but we all need encouragement,attention and support.
Reward us for doing the right thing - even when it seems like no big thing. Don't shower us with attention only when there's a baby involved.
#6 Sometimes, all it takes not to have sex is not to have the opportunity.
If you can't be home with us after school, make sure we have something to do that we really like, where there are other kids and some adults who are comfortable with kids our age. Often we have sex because there's not much else to do. Don't leave us alone so much.
#7 We really care what you think, even if we don't always act like it.
When we don't end up doing exactly what you tell us to, don't think that you've failed to reach us.
#8 Show us what good, responsible relationships look like.
We're as influenced by what you do as by what you say. Demonstrating a respectful relationship - one that is characterized by trust, love, communication, and responsibility - can go a long way in helping us understand why healthy relationships are so important and worthwhile.
#9 Help us avoid unhealthy relationships.
Help us better understand some of the early warning signs of an unhealthy  relationship such as pressure to have sex, jealously, possessiveness, constant texting or instant messages or attempts to keep us from spending time with friends and family. And while you're at it, it wouldn't hurt to remind us not to give in to something that makes us uncomfortable, whether in real life or in cyberspace. Help us recognize that what we send through our phone or post on the web or on Facebook will not always remain private and will never truly go away.
#10 We hate "The Talk" as much as you do.
Instead, start talking with us about sex and responsibility when we're young, and keep the conversation going as we grow older.
National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy: Talking Back: What Teens Want Parents to Know
Note: If you've gone through the book Teens Sex and Choices (written by Marilyn Morris, president of Aim For Success) with your teen, then you've covered all these topics with your child already. Good job! But remember to keep the conversations ongoing!
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Strong Values Matter
Does your family have strong values supporting sexual abstinence until marriage? If so, then your child is less likely to engage in sexual activity. According to newly released information from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the #1 reason teenage guys and girls are not having sex is because it's against their religious or moral values.
If you've never told your child why you want him or her to avoid sexual activity, or if it's been a while since you've had this conversation, consider sharing any of the following ideas that might apply to your family.
Our family is opposed to sex before marriage because:
1. Our religion clearly teaches that sex before marriage is wrong.
2. A pregnancy before marriage could put you in a difficult situation that could:
- Force you to make some tough choices regarding the baby. Which
 would you choose - single parenting, adoption, marriage or abortion? Are any of these options easy?
- Destroy or greatly alter your dreams and goals.
- Force you to drop out of school or make college difficult or impossible.
- Require that you pay child support for 18 years.
3. Two people who choose to save sex for marriage and then remain faithfully committed to each other for life NEVER need to worry about sexually transmitted diseases that could lead to problems such as blisters, warts, pain, discharge, infertility, cancer and/or death.
4. Saving sex for marriage eliminates the regrets and a lifetime of memories of past sexual encounters.
5. Our family believes your body is the most precious gift you can give another person. Therefore, doesn't it make sense for you to save this gift for the person you will love the most?
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