What do teens and adults really think? Take a minute and check out this report from The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy – one of my favorite resources to keep up with teens and sex. It’s called “With One Voice – America’s Teens and Adults Sound Off About Teen Pregnancy” […]
Teenagers: What they’re doing online (and shouldn’t be!)
This just in – and I could paraphrase, or you can just read it yourself! Don’t be naive and think “not my kid!” Study: 1 in 10 teens has posted a nude picture online From behind their bedroom doors, more than one out of every 10 teenagers has posted a nude or seminude picture of […]
Birds + Bees + TEENS
I think the tendency is for parents to stop or slow down talking to their kids about sex as they age. From the experiences of the parents I teach, it sounds like, for most of us, our parents tried out a couple of conversations, told us to ask if we had questions and that […]
Tyra Banks and 10,000 women
Tyra Banks, supermodel and talk show hostess has been doing some research and oh boy, are the results scary. She had an anonymous survey on her website this summer and over 10,000 teenage girls and young women responded. I don’t think this was a particularly scientific study – I can’t find a copy of the […]
Sex on TV Can Make You Pregnant
This just in – it looks like kids who watch TV with a lot of sexual content are two to three times more likely to have a teen pregnancy (or impregnate someone) than those who don’t. The researchers think these shows, like “Sex in the City” highlight the fun of having sex and don’t discuss […]
