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Article: What teens want adults to know about teen pregnancy.
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- Nation's Cities Weekly
- Article date:
- August 4, 2003
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Teens get advice on all kinds of issues from their parents, teachers and other adults, but they don't often get asked to offer it.
On June 24, teens from across the country provided policymakers, representatives from national organizations, and others with ideas on how to make continued progress in preventing teen pregnancy. The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy sponsored this Capitol Hill forum.
The forum showcased some of the innovative ways teens are working to address issues such as parent-child communication, male responsibility, lack of constructive activities and indifference to the problem of teen pregnancy. Judy Woodruff, CNN prime ...