{"id":1274,"date":"2011-10-17T17:26:19","date_gmt":"2011-10-17T21:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/?p=1274"},"modified":"2011-10-17T17:26:19","modified_gmt":"2011-10-17T21:26:19","slug":"the-gift-of-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/2011\/10\/17\/the-gift-of-education\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gift of Education"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in the \u201980s, I got tickets to Dr. Ruth\u2019s talk show and had a blast listening to the sex expert once described as \u201ca cross between Henry Kissinger and Minnie Mouse\u201d tackle questions.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

More than 20 years later, I found myself sharing a table with Dr. Ruth Westheimer<\/a> at a fundraiser for a NJ-based organization called Answer<\/a>. The world-renowned psychotherapist was the event\u2019s keynote speaker, and I can assure you Dr. Ruth is still answering important questions with her trademark wit and intelligence.<\/p>\n

I was delighted not only with the speech, but also with the cool keychain Dr. Ruth handed out, which featured her photo and logo, and with the beautiful gift bag Answer gave everyone in the audience. It was packed with great promotional items like a coffee cup, pen, pad, mints and mouse pad.<\/p>\n

The ASI distributor who put the gift bags together was Overture Premiums & Promotions (asi\/288473<\/em>), of Vernon Hills, IL, chosen one of Counselor<\/em> magazine\u2019s \u201cBest Places to Work\u201d in 2011.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The occasion was Answer’s 30-year anniversary, dubbed \u201cKeeping It Up: 30 Years of Great Sex (Ed).\u201d And although the folks at Answer clearly have a sense of humor, more importantly, they have a clear and critical mission: to reach nearly 5 million teens and more than 6,000 educators every year.<\/p>\n

At the breakfast, I learned a lot about what\u2019s working \u2013 and what\u2019s not working \u2013 in sex ed today. And the fact is there aren\u2019t many places kids can go to get age-appropriate answers to their questions.<\/p>\n

But they \u2013 and their parents \u2013 do have Answer, a component of Rutgers University with a National Advisory Board<\/a> boasting an impressive list of members. The organization offers parents tons of resources, including a list of reviewed and recommended books and websites to help them educate their children about sexual health and growing up.<\/p>\n

So if you haven\u2019t had \u201cthe talk\u201d yet and need some guidance, I urge you to check out Answer\u2019s website. I learned a lot and hopefully you will, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Back in the \u201980s, I got tickets to Dr. Ruth\u2019s talk show and had a blast listening to the sex expert once described as \u201ca cross between Henry Kissinger and Minnie Mouse\u201d tackle questions. More than 20 years later, I found myself sharing a table with Dr. Ruth Westheimer at a fundraiser for a NJ-based organization called Answer. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-members"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1274"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1280,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1274\/revisions\/1280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}