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The teen years can be exciting and confusing. Young people tell us they want accurate information from trusted sources and guidance from caring adults. Here are some great resources developed with and for teens just like you.

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For Parents

If you're a parent of a teen, you know it's a very different world today. You have hopes and dreams for your children, as well as concerns. The good news: you have a lot more influence than you think. And, we're here to help.

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For Programs

With so many teen pregnancy prevention programs and resources, which ones are best? At HTOK, we focus on those that link prevention with an asset-building approach to development—and on those that have been shown to really work.

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Did you know?

Research shows the Teen Outreach Program (TOP) is one of the few programs with consistently strong evidence of reducing teen pregnancy and improving school success.

When measured against comparison groups, young people in TOP consistently demonstrate:

60% lower rate of school dropout
33% lower rate of pregnancy
14% lower rate of school suspension
11% lower rate of course failure in school

Sexuality education likely doomed despite proven need

Tulsa World
BY JANET PEARSON Associate Editor
Sunday, January 22, 2012
1/22/2012

The 7,581 births to Oklahoma teens in 2008 cost state taxpayers an estimated $190 million, according to a recent report. About a third of those births were to teens ages 17 or younger; 89 were to girls ages 10 to 14.

More than 20 percent of those births were to teens who already were mothers.

According to the report from the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy, Oklahoma's teen birth rate for ages 15 to 19 is the fifth highest in the country. And for older teens - ages 18-19 - Oklahoma's birth rate is the second highest in the country.