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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 | |