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A teacher points to a diagram of female reproductive organs projected on a screen in a classroom in a scene from Human Growth, an education film on sex education shown to students in Oregon junior high schools beginning in 1948. (Library of Congress/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)

Modern American sex education is lacking. Please, take a page from the Dutch

Allison Jack
Small girl writing with felt tip pen while relaxing on the carpet at home (Getty Images/skynesher)

In defense of “onlies”: A growing share of American moms are having only one child — I’m one of them

Allison Jack