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Positive Choices
A Program Helping Teens Become Their Best!
The choices you make now will determine your future. Positive
Choices has helped over 25,000 young people learn decision-making
skills that have had a positive impact on all aspects of
their lives. Here are some questions asked by teenagers
about the program:
Positive Choices is a program for 12 to 18 year old girls
and boys and their parents that encourages abstinence from
sexual activity until marriage. But it’s about a lot
more than sex. It’s about learning to respect yourself
and others. And it’s about learning how the choices
you make impact your life forever.
There were more than 700 babies born to teens in Lucas County
last year. Do the math. That’s 2,100 teens (mom, dad
and baby) whose lives will never be the same again. Plus
there’s the risk of sexually transmitted diseases.
A list that’s long and scary, some of which have no
cure. Get the point now?
It’s a chance to stand out from the pack. It’s
a chance to stand up for yourself. It’s a chance to
be smart and responsible. It’s a chance to make decisions
about your life instead of just letting things happen. It’s
a chance to hang out with others who are just as smart as
you are.
That’s up to you. We do a lot of cool things at Positive
Choices. We go places, we get involved in activities both
at school and in the neighborhood, we spend time hanging
out with each other just talking and having fun, and we
listen and help support each other.
The men and women who run our program are educators,
specially trained to present this kind of material to kids
and parents. Sometimes it’s hard for teens and parents
to talk together. But having the support of the educators
at Positive Choices makes things a lot easier. And since
they’ve worked with teens for a long time, not much
surprises them! Plus well-known agencies, community centers,
churches and schools, including St. Vincent Mercy Medical
Center, support it.
No. You’ll also meet our teen leaders. They are high
school and college students who can explain why abstinence
was a good choice for them and how it can work for you.
They’ve been in the same place that you are, so they
know what they’re talking about. In fact, you might
consider becoming one of teen
leaders in the future.
We talk to parents and explain everything about the program
so they understand what’s going on. We even have a
group just for parents to get together. We also like to
invite them to some of the activities so they can get involved
too.
Are you ready to try a new way of doing things? To make
new friends? Then we’re ready to answer all of your
questions. First, share this brochure with your parent or
guardian and talk it over. Then have them give us a call.
