TITLE

Education for intimacy

AUTHOR(S)
Etzioni, Amitai
PUB. DATE
March 1997
SOURCE
Tikkun;Mar/Apr97, Vol. 12 Issue 2, p38
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Discusses the distortions of sex education in schools when it is taught without a moral framework. Development of public school program in teaching sex education; Core of all education programs; Orientation towards sex; Cause of human misery; Agenda for intimacy programs; Emphasis on proper values and interpersonal skill.
ACCESSION #
9709056485

Tags: SEX education for children

 

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