Greetings! 

 

When I realized I was pregnant at 17 (back oh so many

Marilyn Morris, AFS President

years ago) there were only two viable options for teenage girls to consider: marriage and adoption. As the years have gone by, those two options have given way to the other two options: single parenting and abortion. 

 

This month we'll consider single parenting. 

  

 

What's a TEEN

Mother to Do?

Taken from the book:Teens Sex and Choices by Marilyn Morris.  

In the past few years we have learned a whole new meaning to the term, "Breaking up is hard to do." After going together for two years, Christi and Jake broke up at the end of their senior year in high school. They knew they had to be civilized long enough to sort through all the items they had accumulated during the past two years. They had shared CDs, several computer games and, oh yes, a baby boy.

When Christi got pregnant her junior year, she was convinced she and Jake would be together forever. When the birth certificate was filled out, Christi gave the baby Jake's last name since they planned to get married within a year. Jake was expecting a nice football scholarship. They would get married, move away and live happily ever after. (Read More)

How Did We

Get to this Point?

 Written by Marilyn Morris, Founder/President

Comprehensive Sex Education is well known for encouraging young people to avoid sex until "You're Sure You're Ready." On the surface, this sounds like great words of wisdom, but here's theproblem with that line of thinking. When two teenagers, whether they're 13 or 19 or somewhere in between, find themselves in the heat of passion, it's easy for them to enthusiastically declare, "WE'RE READY!"  But what are they ready for? No doubt their bodies are capable of having sex and the physical desire is definitely real. But if the past few decades have taught us anything - we now know the vast majority of teenagers are NOT ready to become parents. (Read More)

Babies are a Blessing!

At the conclusion of one of our abstinence program, a 16-year-old guy walked up to Aim For Success speaker, Robin Halvorson and said, " I really wish I had seen this program a couple of years ago." When Robin asked why, he went on to say, his girlfriend had just given birth to their baby a few days before.  And then he said, "I know babies are supposed to be a blessing. But I'm just wishing my blessing had come a little later in life."

Bully Program Empowered to Defend

Our new anti-bullying program continues to get rave reviews as over 15,000 students have now participated in this life-changing program. Look at a few comments from one school district near San Antonio.

I think that this was beautiful and it made me cry. That's how beautiful it was. 11-yr-old girl

Thank you for showing me this program. It really changed me. I will start stepping up and showing random acts of kindness.  12-yr-old boy