Monday, November 23, 2009

Sexual & Reproductive

Teens and Sex: How to Help Your Kids Dodge Pregnancy and STDs

Posted December 10, 2008

Reader Comments

hola

i need help with something, but in a more priavate location.

im 16

Help!

Would cravings for food be a sign of pregnancy?

Help!

I am 11 and i dont have sex but im showing symptoms of pregnancy

hi

im gay

good news to std

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The Underground Guide to Teenage Sexuality

The Underground Guide to Teenage Sexuality

These issues continue to impact US society due to politics trumping science, and our culture of selling sex, but avoiding talking about sex.

I used a great resouce to overcome some of my own inhibitions about talking and educating my own kids about sex called, The Underground Guide to Teenage Sexuality. I think it's available in Spanish also. But my teens and I now have a very open relationship to talk about these issues, and I sleep much better at night.

decisions

I'm sure they will take a bath to get all the licking,sweat and come off them, good as new.

decisions

Would you eat a hamburger if i licked it sweated on it and then came on it. Then i wash it of and it looks lovely.Ask yourself would you eat it.So how do you expect any one to one day see you as lovely if you act like the hamburger.

Sharon..FYI!

Hope this doesn't ruin your weekend!!!! So glad I'm passed the "learning years"...good luck!

its more than a sex talk

It is more than having talks about sex. Its about a parent learning who thei child really is. Parents are so consumed by how their child "performs." They focus on grades and activitites to judge who their children are. They forget to look deeper, at the sense of "self" their children are creating. And it's hard in todays world to create that sense of self. The media, technology, changing social values all go in to the mix of who are children are learning to be, or learning to value. Parents need to learn what the world is really like for their child. Most parents I work with want very much to understand todays new world order so they can help their child. They simply don't know where to start.

For my newest book, "Girls, You Just Don't Get It!" What Guys Want You to Know About Love and Respect, I interviewed guys from 23 countries. What they have to say about love and respect was surprising. Parents need to know what's in the book as much as teen girls do!

It's a new world order, but that doesn't mean parents should just give up on helping their teens. Become educated, and learn to listen. That's one of the hardest skills of all. Listening requires more than hearing the words. It means you keep your heart open so you can hear hard truths without getting angry, or putting down your child. If parents took the time to learn to listen better and to ask better questions, they would be able to build a better bridge across the yawning generation gap.

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