January 22 is the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision – confirming the right of American women to terminate their pregnancies. If you know me at all, you know I am pro-choice. Regardless of your beliefs about abortion, you need to talk to your children about what it is and your beliefs about abortion. […]
US Teen Birth Rate is Definately Up!
Researchers were beginning to see some leveling off of the drop in teen birth rates a couple of years ago and now we have the numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and they aren’t pretty. Birth rates for teens aged 15 to 19 rose by 3.5 percent in 2006. This is the largest growth […]
World AIDS Day is Today
All I want you to know is that the HIV rate in the US among people aged 13 to 25 increased from 13% of all new infections to 16% in the last two years. Ouch. Once your kids are 12 or so, when you say sex, say condom.
Ask your kid “What do you think sex means?”
If your child is in elementary school, there is an excellent chance she will have an answer for you. Even if you haven’t explained what sex actually is. Those young ‘uns talk to each other, you know. And the ones that aren’t talking are listening. And perhaps you had your own answer to this question […]
Sex on TV
I’m finishing up my first draft of my Guidebook for parents and have been working on the tedious task of putting together my reference list. Last week, I was spending time at the Kaiser Family Foundation website reading up on TV and kids. They have done several studies on media and kids and it was […]
