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Chapter 6: TIMING How Old for Sex Talk? ..........................................85 SECOND STEP: APPLICATION Chapter 7: SACRED What’s so Sacred About Sex? ..............................99 Chapter 8: SIN Why Is Premarital Sex a Sin? ............................115 Chapter 9: VIRGINITY How to Convey the Value of Virginity ..............135 Chapter 10: FOREPLAY How Far Is Too Far? ............................................151 Chapter 11: DATING What About Dating? ..........................................169 THIRD STEP: MOTIVATION Chapter 12: OBJECTIONS Responding to Objections and Myths About Abstinence ............................201 Chapter 13: MARRIAGE Preparing a Child to Choose the Right Mate ....................................................215 Chapter 14: RENEWAL No Longer a Virgin?............................................231 Chapter 15: LONG-TERM SUCCESS Encouraging Abstinence Commitment ..............241 Appendix ............................................................251 Endnotes ..............................................................259