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It's Never Too Early or Too Late to Talk With Your Kids About Sex
Parents can help children and adolescents have physically healthy and emotionally satisfying relationships. In a recent ...
Source: NYU Child Study Center
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Towards a Better Understanding of Children's Sexual Behavior
IntroductionWhether you're a parent or a teacher, you have probably noticed that children today seem to be expressing ...
Source: NYU Child Study Center
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Helping Children Develop Healthy Sexual Behavior and Attitudes
IntroductionAfter seeing two teenagers kissing passionately in a park, your five year-old son looks up and asks you, ...
Source: NYU Child Study Center
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Romantic Relationships in Adolescence Provide Practice for Adulthood
Many children talk of love and romance even in kindergarten and the primary grades. For instance, they may claim to ...
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Prom Anxiety
Expectations about high school prom night often bring anxiety for both parents and teens. Teens worry about finding a ...
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Date Rape
The thought of sexual assaults, or rape, might conjure an image of a stranger jumping out of a shadowy place and ...
Source: The Nemours Foundation
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10 Tips for Foster Parents to Help Their Foster Youth Avoid Teen Pregnancy
The good news for parents and other caring adults, including foster parents, is that there is much they can do to help ...
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Abstinence: Not Having Sexual Intercourse (for Teens)
What is abstinence? Abstinence means different things to different people. For some, abstinence means avoiding vaginal, ...
Source: Advocates For Youth
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The Development of Sexual Orientation
Of course, in addition to the obvious physical changes of puberty, the natural outcomes of this process include ...
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Helping Your Wallflower Blossom
The only thing more painful than not getting asked to prom? Watching your daughter sit home dateless when she'd rather ...
Source: Education.com
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The Sexualization of Girlhood
The popular culture gives girls contradictory messages about womanhood and sexuality and masks the violence that is ...
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Talking To Teens About Unintended Pregnancy
What’s It All About?Unintended pregnancy is an important issue for people of all ages, but there are special ...
Source: Washington State Department of Social and Health Services
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Teen Dating Violence
Help your child avoid dating violenceDating violence is an issue that crosses all economic, racial, age, gender, ...
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Dating Violence Common Among Teens
Teen life, with its fads, crushes, clashes, and breakups, seems to be a world away from abusive relationships. Yet, ...
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Sex Education
Sex education classes in late elementary school typically provide students with information related to the biology of...
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Talking About Healthy Relationships
When teenagers worry about sex, they are often really worrying about relationships. When you talk about sex, also talk...
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Adolescent Sexuality
Aspects of children’s sexuality may develop during early and middle childhood, but during adolescence their sexuality...
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Sexuality in Adolescence
National surveys reflect what adults probably already know: Teenagers are engaging in sexual activity. Fortunately,...
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Developmental Landmarks and Parenting During Adolescence
Developmental Landmarks of Adolescence Two changes distinguish a child’s development during adolescence from previous...
