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Worth the Wait! How Will They Know?

Jackie Brewton
June 9, 2015
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Are you old enough to remember the Heinz™ ketchup commercial with the “Anticipation” song? The lyrics were simple, “Anticipation…It’s making me wait.” It took, what seemed like, forever for the ketchup to finally drip from the bottle as the caption read,…

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Can You Tell Your Teen to Abstain If You Didn’t?

Jackie Brewton
May 19, 2015
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Daughters of teen moms are three times more likely to become teenage mothers themselves.1 Have you noticed this phenomenon and ever wondered why it happened? Well I certainly have! As a matter of fact, this statistic has always baffled me.…

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Date Rape: Lifting the Burden of Secrecy!

Jackie Brewton
April 28, 2015
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Last year, my post to commemorate “Sexual Assault Awareness & Prevention Month” focused on children who were molested or raped as a child by a family member. This year I want to focus on date rape, which is unfortunately a…

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50 Shades of Green: Fighting the Media’s Manipulation of our Youth

Jackie Brewton
January 26, 2015
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I open my classroom presentation with the following question, “Do you think we have a healthy sexual culture in our society?” An overwhelming majority of the class will reply, “No!” When I ask them what they think contributes to the…

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2014: My Year in Review!

Jackie Brewton
January 13, 2015
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It’s hard to believe that the first two weeks of 2015 have already passed. I’m hoping that’s not an indication of what’s in store for the balance of the year—time moving so fast that I barely remember it. Each year,…

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That Time I Gave Birth to Twins

Jackie Brewton
December 19, 2014
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This time last year I was working on writing my first book for teen girls, The Seven Secrets Guys Will Never Tell You. Though I managed to finish the first draft, which was a major accomplishment for me, unfortunately you…

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Why Single Moms Need to “Think like a Dad!”

Jackie Brewton
December 4, 2014
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An 8th grade girl approached me after class recently asking if she could speak with me about something I had spoken about in class—the dangers of dating older guys. She told me she had a wonderful boyfriend who was older…

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You Know it’s Time to “Fire” Your Child’s Pediatrician When…

Jackie Brewton
November 19, 2014
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A young lady stayed after class to speak with me recently. She wanted to let me know how good it felt to hear from an adult who believed that it was possible for teens to abstain from sex. She then…

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Teen Girls Who Don’t Know their Value Become Women Who Don’t Know their Value

Jackie Brewton
November 4, 2014
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I've been told for years that adults need to hear my message just as much as teens do because my message transcends age. Though my most requested presentation falls in the category of “sex education,” it covers so much more…

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Flowers Fit for a Funeral!

Jackie Brewton
October 29, 2014
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Growing up, I often heard older people say, “Give me my flowers while I can still smell them.” Many times, this was said after they had attended a funeral and left the funeral wondering whether the deceased had been told before…