
Talking To Your Teen About Sex
Valentine's Day seems like the right time to offer a few words of advice to parents about talking to preteens and young teenagers about sex. In fact, it's probably easier to do this before your teen has become sexually active than after. Why are p...
Is This A Golden Age Of Teen Sexual Responsibility?
Ask a middle-aged person, particularly a parent, about today’s teens’ sexual habits and you’ll likely hear an earful. Young people are having sex younger than before, they’ll tell you, and they’re doing it cavalierly and irresponsibly. Here are ju...
Talk The Talk Before They Walk The Walk
Adolescence can be tough enough to get through without questions of sex, sexuality, and sexual identity. But adolescents are humans, too — no matter how alien they may seem to their parents at times.
Helping Teens Make Responsible Decisions About Sex
Evidence shows that stressing the importance of waiting to have sex while providing accurate, age-appropriate, and complete information about how to use contraceptives can help teens delay sex and reduce sexual risk taking. Yet there is currently ...
For Teens: How To Make Healthy Decisions About Sex
Before you decide to have sex or if you are already having sex, you need to know how to stay healthy. Even if you think you know everything you need to know about sex, take a few minutes and read on. Your doctor wants to make sure you know the facts.
Q&A: How To Encourage Sexual Responsibility In Your Teen
Start by talking with your son about his personal attitudes towards sex. Many parents feel nervous or awkward about this subject, but if you really want to protect your child you're going to have to find the courage to be open and honest with him.
Parents And Teens Talking Together About Contraception
Young Americans grow up in a society that uses sex to sell every product imaginable—from cars to cola. And the newest sex educator, the Internet, has perils as well as positives in what it offers related to sex. So, what's a parent to do?