I agree completely - getting kids to wait is a GOOD THING (says the girl who started at fourteen to her great regret). THe problem with abstinence-only education is the same problem as DARE (which actually UPS drug usage in the areas where it's taught) - it's all scare tactics and teaches an attitude about sex that isn't compatible with many people's beliefs and doesn't give them the information they need for when they ARE old enough to make intelligent decisions. I'd like to see a more common sense approach - how about making them pledge not to have sex while they're still in high school, but still educating them about disease prevention? One tactic these programs often use is telling kids that "condoms don't prevent AIDS", which is untrue - it's not a perfect prophylaxis, but an imperfect one is better than none. SO instead, they just decide not to bother...