Teens and Sex
Sex is one of the scariest and most common issues parents worry about during their child's preteen and teen years. Not only are there physiological issues to address, but emotional and mental as well. This page attempts to provide information about many of the different aspects of adolescent sex for parents to utilize.
PAMF Content for Parents
PAMF Content for Your Preteen
- The Hymen
- Pregnancy Help Hotlines
- Sexuality Help Hotlines
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases Help Hotlines
PAMF Content for your Teen
- Abortion
- Birth Control
- Ethical Sex
- Masturbation
- Pregnancy Help Hotlines
- Prevention
- Safer Oral Sex
- Sexual Orientation
- Sexual Relationships
- Sexuality Help Hotlines
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases Help Hotlines
- Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Talking to Parents & Safe Sex Question
- Virginity & First-Time Sex
Outside Resources
- Parents' Sex Ed Center: The Advocates For Youth's Web site for parents promotes communication between parents and their children to help young people establish individual values and make healthy decisions. The site includes tips for parents, growth and development information, multimedia materials, columns by renowned experts, exercises to help you begin, favorite features, and publications and resources for families.
- Planned Parenthood: This Web site provides sexual and reproductive health care, education and information.
- TeenPregnancy for Parents: This Web site that promotes values, behavior and policies that reduce both teen pregnancy and unwanted pregnancy among young adults. The parent site works to convince parents of the critical role they have in helping shape their children's decisions about sex. It includes tips, polls and other helpful resources.
Recommended Books
- From Diapers to Dating: A Parent's Guide to Raising Sexually Healthy Children by Debra W. Haffner
- The New Gay Teenager by Ritch Savin-Williams
- Rainbow Party by Paul Ruditis
- The Real Truth About Teens & Sex by Sabrina Weill
- The Teen Survival Guide to Dating and Relating: Real-World Advice on Guys, Girls, Growing Up, and Getting Along by Annie Fox and Elizabeth Verdick
- Unhooked: How Young Women Pursue Sex, Delay Love and Lose at Both by Laura Sessions Stepp
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