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The Playing Field | |
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The Teen Scene | |
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How Life Has Changed and How It Has Not | |
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Today's Teen Scene | |
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The Free Society | |
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School Daze | |
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Future Shock | |
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Friends to the End | |
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Modern Times | |
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The Car | |
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Money Makes the World Go 'Round | |
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The Family Circle | |
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Hi, Tech! | |
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Sex and Love | |
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Teen Dating in the New Millennium | |
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Everyone into the Game | |
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Get Ready, Get Set, Go! | |
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The Same Place, a Different Time | |
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It's Still the Same Old Story | |
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Am I Just Out of It? | |
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Let's Sort Things Out | |
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It Really Is a Game | |
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The Fundamentals of the Game | |
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It's a Game--Not a Race | |
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Know the Score | |
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For the Love of the Game | |
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Your Relationship with Relationships | |
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Defining a Relationship | |
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What Are the Components of a Relationship? | |
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Why Have Relationships? | |
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Relationships Have Their Own Lives | |
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"Real-ationships" | |
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You Already Have Experience with Relationships | |
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Relations with Relations | |
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Relationships with Former Relationships | |
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You've Got a Friend | |
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You Have a Relationship with Yourself | |
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Building a Relationship | |
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Knowing Yourself | |
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Knowing What Kind of Friend You Want | |
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Knowing What Kind of Friend You Want to Be | |
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Questioning Your Friendships | |
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Friendships and Communications | |
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The Gift of Gab | |
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The Art of Listening | |
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Making Friends Who Are Different Than You | |
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Sustaining a Relationship | |
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Changing Relationships | |
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The Dating Game | |
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Asking for a Date | |
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Getting Up for the Game | |
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Defining a Date | |
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This Is a New Relationship! | |
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We Have a Match! | |
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Asking Her Out: The Male Perspective | |
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Asking Him Out: The Female Perspective | |
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Being Asked Out | |
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The Varieties of Dates | |
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Dating in the Twenty-First Century | |
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What Do You Expect? | |
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Who Pays? | |
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Dating: The Wide Varieties | |
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The Couple's Date | |
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The Double Date | |
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The Group Date | |
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Party Time | |
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The Big Dance | |
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Hanging-Out Dates | |
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Knowing What to Do | |
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The Date Begins | |
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Identify the Dating Basics | |
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Learn the Fine Art of Communication | |
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Casual Conversation | |
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Directed Conversation | |
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Laugh and the World Laughs with You | |
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Mind Your Manners | |
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What to Do When the Date Is Done | |
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Keeping Things Going | |
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Momentum: Setting the Date in Motion | |
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Including Friends in Your Date | |
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Putting Your Date First | |
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Fitting In | |
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Meeting the Parents | |
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Wearing Your Heart on Your Sleeve | |
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Recognizing the Signs of Attraction | |
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Saying Good Night: The End of the Date | |
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Getting Serious | |
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Thinking About Getting Serious | |
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"I'll Take Romance" | |
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Time Together | |
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"Going Steadily" | |
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Going Steady | |
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Coping with Conflict | |
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Getting Through Arguments | |
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Breaking Up Is Hard to Do | |
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It Ain't Gonna Be Easy | |
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How Does It End? | |
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What Are the Danger Signs? | |
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How Do You Stop Going Out? | |
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When You're the Dumped | |
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When You're the Dumper | |
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What Do You Do Now? | |
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What Have You Learned? | |
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Training for the Dating Game: Your Behavior Is You | |
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The Search for Your Identity | |
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Being Up for the Game | |
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Looking at Yourself in the Mirror | |
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It's Not Just How You Look | |
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Know How Others See You | |
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Like What You See | |
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Knowing Your Role in the Family | |
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Independence Day | |
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Seeing Yourself as a Person | |
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Seeing Yourself as a Boyfriend or Girlfriend | |
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Your Values and Passions | |
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Choosing Your Role Models | |
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Developing Principles | |
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Achieving Maturity | |
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Developing Responsibility | |
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Looking to the Future, but Living in the Present | |
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Feel Free to Dream | |
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Reality Testing | |
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Choosing a Direction | |
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Sharing and Privacy | |
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Knowing When It Feels Right | |
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Dealing with Your Emotions | |
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Trust and Honesty: The Bedrock of Emotional Stability | |
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The Truth About Honesty | |
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The Key Element of Trust | |
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Coping with Jealousy | |
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Dealing with Anger and Letting Go of Grudges | |
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Don't Hold It In and Seethe | |
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Explode | |
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Resolve It | |
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Hold Grudges | |
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Doing Away with Guilt | |
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Avoiding Obsession | |
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Getting a Handle on Anxiety | |
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Moodiness | |
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Handling Depression | |
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Looking at the World Through Cynical Eyes | |
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Going for the Joy | |
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Making Decisions | |
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Why Are Decisions Important? | |
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How Do You Make Decisions? | |
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Gathering Information | |
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Processing Facts | |
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Forming Conclusions | |
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Making the Decision | |
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Can You Live with Your Decisions? | |
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Decisions Are Agreements | |
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Adaptability | |
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Can You Change Your Mind? | |
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Parents: Your Own and Your Date's | |
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Abiding by the Rules of the House | |
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Why Rules Are Necessary | |
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Discuss the Rules | |
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Now Negotiate | |
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Learning the Rules of the Road | |
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Complying with Curfews | |
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Handling Criticism | |
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What if They Don't Like Your Partner? | |
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Developing Better Relationships with Your Parents | |
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How to Get Along | |
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Ten Ways to Communicate | |
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Advanced Plays: Love and Sex | |
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Falling in Love | |
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What Are the Different Kinds of Love? | |
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Crushes | |
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Puppy Love | |
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First Loves | |
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Romantic Love | |
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Is It Love? | |
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What Does It Mean? | |
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The Strength of Love | |
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The Fragility of Love | |
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What Does Love Tell You About Yourself? | |
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Staying in Love | |
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Discovering How to Stay in Love | |
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Keep Building Your Relationship | |
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Care for Each Other | |
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Lust for Knowledge | |
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Self-Exposition | |
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Keeping Tabs | |
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Love Changes You | |
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Sexuality and Sex | |
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What Is Sex? | |
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Gender | |
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Physical Characteristics | |
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Physical Intimacy | |
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Is Sex a Natural Part of Dating? | |
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Is Everyone Doing It? | |
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What Happens to Your Relationship After Sex? | |
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It Intensifies | |
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It Diminishes | |
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Is Your Relationship a Partnership? | |
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Ready or Not? | |
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Know the Difference Between Love and Sex | |
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Time to See if It's Time | |
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How to Know if You Are Ready | |
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How to Say "No" | |
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Enjoy Your Decision | |
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Remember the First Time | |
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Behave Responsibly and Maturely | |
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Know the Score: Be Carefull | |
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For Every Action There Is a Reaction | |
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Preventing Pregnancy | |
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Preventing Sexually Transmitted Diseases | |
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Knowing the Truth About AIDS | |
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Facing Pregnancy: What to Do When Birth Control Fails | |
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Termination | |
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Delivery and Keeping the Baby | |
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Delivery and Adoption | |
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Facing the Emotional Consequences of Sexual Activity | |
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Lessons Learned | |
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Appendix | |
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Bibliography | |
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Index | |