TY  - BOOK
AU  - McDowell,Josh
TI  - Why true love waits: : the definitive book on how to help your kids resist sexual pressure
SN  - 0842365915
U1  - 306.70835 
PY  - 2002///]
CY  - Wheaton, Illinois
PB  - Tyndale House Publishers
KW  - Sexual ethics
KW  - Youth Sexual behavior
KW  - Parenting
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-489); Part 1. A crisis of premarital sex; Why does true wait? Our youth want answers; Adolescent premarital sex : the high cost to youth; Adolescent premarital sex : the high cost to society; Part 2. Reasons kids don't wait for sex; The physical reasons : children in grown-up bodies; The environmental reasons : growing up in a world where wrong is right; The media's role; The emotional reasons : A "love famine" at home; The relational reasons : needy kids turn to sex; The psychological reasons : everyone is doing it, so why shouldn't we?; Part 3. Reasons kids should wait for sex; Abstinence : God's protection and provision; The physical reasons to wait; The emotional reasons to wait; The relational to wait; The spiritual reasons to wait; Why "safe sex" isn't safe; Part 4. How to help our kids wait for sex; Develop a nurturing relationship with kids; Encourage an intimate relationship with Christ; Teach and model moral values at home; Help kids develop the strength to say no; Help kids determine standards for dating; Offer forgiveness and provide hope when kids blow it
ER  -