Parents: Adjusting to realizing your teen is sexually active 16 Articles

by Annette Liike

As a parent you should assume your teenager could be sexually active and have discussions regarding sex frequently. You should not assume that because you have a son you don't need to be concerned. It takes two to make a...read more

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by Yannick Dyer

When you were your teen's age, how did you feel about strict authority? Did you feel the need to keep a few secrets and not tell your parent(s) a lot of things from fright of how they would react? This is teenage life, w...read more

by Terri Green

There is no one true way of adjusting to the fact that your teenager is sexually active. I am the mother of a 17 year-old daughter and when she started dating her boyfriend, my husband and I both told them that if the...read more

by Ginasj

I am a mother first and a friend second.When my children were first able to speak i talked to them and more importantly i talked to them on an even level.Our relationship was equal and still is.If you start from day one ta...read more

by Rachelle de Bretagne

The passage of your child from innocence to knowledge is an important step, and only in realizing that it is a natural progression can you help that child to understand their adjustment, and at the same time mature as a pa...read more

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by Alanna Johnson

From a young persons point a view. My father was always very old fashioned on this sort of thing but my mother had the most brilliant of ideas. She talked about it with me all the time and even took me to the clinic to be ...read more

by Pamela Delano

Teens who are sexually active do not need religious values forced into their minds again, nor do they need to be put down or given an assumed label because of their decision. Mothers, fathers, siblings and friends shou...read more

by Anna Harry Honorby

Teenagers being sexually active is probably one of the things a lot of parents are in denial of, although it is almost inevitable that they are or one day will be practicing what you hope is safe sex. The mistake a lot of ...read more

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by Barb Jackson

Teen Sex in Committed Relationships I'm a member of a number of parenting groups and often times I get criticized for some of my opinions. Recently a mom wrote about her terror when she found out her 15 yr old daughter...read more

by sunseed

When I was growing up, my mom told me nothing of sex. When I heard things and asked her about them, she would say,"Do you believe everything you hear?" She told me about my period by buying me a box of pads and handing me ...read more

by Allen Teal

Teenage sexual activity is hard for most parents to deal with when it involves their own children. If this occurs before 16, a parent is obligated to restrict the child until another year or two has passed. A frank discu...read more

by Rory Johnson

Being a child, well teenager- being at the tender of age of 16 I think I'm more in touch with what teenagers want to hear. At school, if it's reassuring, we are now taught sex education from a pretty early age; from abou...read more

by Thomasena Andrews

I had to deal with the fact that my daughter got pregnant at 15. I was not happy about it. I never even guess that she was sexually active. But I see now how she did it. She would tell me she was going to her girlfriend ho...read more

by Skyler Tumbleson

It is very hard to acknowledge that your teen is sexually active. It is inevitable. You're not going to be able to stop it. If you teen wants to have sex, they will. Now I'm not telling you to just let it go by. Some ...read more

by Emily Ser

It can be a sharp awakening when you realize your teenager is having sex. But it doesn't have to be this way. Open the communication channels long before you believe it's time. Teach your child about sex and its possible c...read more

by Christina Mckay

As a 36 yr old mother of three, I know the idea is frightening to parents. As a former teenager, I could tell you stories that would have everyone locking their daughters in the closets. Not because I was promiscuous, but ...read more