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Show Time to have "That" Talk Of these girls who are in their school year, many drop out. Most suffer psychological difficulties. Many parents have been quite plain on this point: They do not want sex education taught in the school their children attend. As a result, many schools do not offer such classes in Utah. That leaves this education squarely in the laps of parents, trouble is, many parents are reluctant to provide this instruction personally. However, there are ways to obtain help. On Thursday, Feb. 15, the High School PTSA and,., the Utah State Division of Health will hold a seminar which will help parents have "THAT TALK" by answering an-swering questions and providing valuable information. in-formation. The program will be presented in the High School Auditorium, Feb. 15 at 7:30 p.m. You are cordially invited. Parents: Remember when . you sat down with your teenager when you decided it was time to have that talk? Maybe you did a little throat clearing and a lot of thinking about the best way to put it. And maybe you didn't have that talk at all. Perhaps it's more important im-portant that you have that talk these days than it's ever been before. Why? Statistics answer that question. Last year the number of teenage pregnancies in Utah reached 70 for every 1,000 girls in that age group. The national average was 58 per 1,000 teenaged girls. Many of these girls are married, some are not. Now another statistic: The number of induced abortions among teenaged Utah girls rose from 341 in 1974 to 618 in 1975, and to 756 in 1976. One third of all abortions in Utah involved tenage girls. |