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o many teens are now having sex at very young ages. Besides the fact the Bible says to abstain from extramarital sex, what are teens missing when they have sex outside of marriage?

According to Dr. Juliana Slattery, Christian psychologist, teens miss a lot by being sexually active. She refers to a lot of reports coming out from recent research looking at the neurochemical changes that happen when people have sex. For example, she says the research conducted by the authors of “Hooked: New Science on How Casual Sex is Affecting Our Children" (by Joe S. McIlhaney, Jr. and Freda McKissic Bush, Northfield Publishing, 2008) shows that “one’s brain begins to wire itself based on sexual experiences.”

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