Talking to your teens about sex and STDs 23 Articles

by Victoria Jeffrey

A few weeks ago a study came out that revealed the 25% of white and Hispanic girls from the ages of 14 - 19 have one or more STDs. The study was produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This same study r...read more

by Lora Goodnight

Twenty some odd years of working with children has taught me a lot about children and life in general. Children in this day and time know more about life, sex, and politics then I knew entering high school. The key to pare...read more

by Audacity

Growing up in a strict Catholic family, the "sex talk" was limited. It only included the bare minimum. How man and woman were allowed to engage in sex for the purpose of creating a baby, with the added emphasis that such a...read more

by Scott Barlow

It all began with a conversation. To say it ended well was an understatement. Read on and you will understand. My wife and I are new parents and like all new parent showed off our little boy like he was the first c...read more

by Laura Leigh Fields

Sex education is a very tricky subject. For some reason, as parents, we shy away from scary topics. Sex is something no parent wants to imagine their child having. Things seem awkward for the child because they don't want ...read more

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by Melissa R. Bickel

In this day and age of group sex, oral sex, and anything goes sex among our youth, it is a vital need to teach our teens about the responsibilities that go with having sex and the affects that STDs can have on them. Sin...read more

by Alvira Litvyak

I have a clear picture in my mind: kindergarten, children, playing around and a six year old girl informing myself on how "adults do that". The age at which children get to know about sex may vary, but it is a process you ...read more

by D. J. Poe

The first thing my wife and I did when our teen boys were "of age" was to buy them condoms, and explain why we did. It was not that we condoned pre-marital sex, but if it were to happen, out of our control as it is, they n...read more

by Akramah

Although it is universally accepted that sex education should begin at home, sharing information about sex with your own child remains one of the most awkward tasks of parenting. Parents are often scared of giving their c...read more

by N. A. Hernandez

There are two ways to look at it, you can openly talk to your child and be the one educating them about STDs and sex or pretend that they are never going to have sex. Of course we want them to remain pure and innocent, but...read more

by A. Marie La Porte

To have a teenager who feels comfortable enough with talking to you about sex and STD's, you have to make sure that you start talking to them as children. If you don't have heart to heart talks with your children as they...read more

by Diana Charles

Unfortunately, there are certain conversations that don't hit home until something bad happens - however along with the bad, can come some "eye-opening". There is a person I'm close to that had a completely open relations...read more

by Sara Dooley

Why is this the most feared thing in the parenting circles? It is not that hard. At least it wasn't until children started watching things on TV that are not appropriate for their age. Then going to school and telling thei...read more

by Me...Again

We all know teens are at the age when they not only feel like they know it all, they feel invincible. They don't think it will happen to them, a car crash because they're driving too fast, addiction the first time they try...read more

by Samantha Craven

You see advertisements on television for condoms, birth control, vaginal rings, but where in the advertisement does it talk to teens about the consequences of having sex? More and more teens are starting to have sex, and m...read more

by Allyjay

If you have a close relationship with your teenage children I cannot see it being a problem discusssing either Sex or STD's. Even if you don't have a close relatiohsip with them, sometimes discussing serious issues like t...read more

by Zulaima Blanco

We all know that there's going to be a day where our kids are going to be asking us about sex an STDs.We all know that.Mos of us think that probably their not old enough to know.But we can't say that because is not up to ...read more

by Just luvin Jones

Once we become parents we are instant advocates for safe sex and protection against STD's, among other things. Many parents push sensitive conversations such as this out of their minds until it is too late. Children as ear...read more

by Chaz Z.

Maybe we should look at the Christian answer to this topic. Mingle that with a bit of truth in our society and what we are seeing, and presto, we have a recipe called, abstinence. Where do parents get the notion that someh...read more

by Cretia Ussery

Many parents of today believe that their kids know as much or more about sex than they do. In some regards this may be true but in other regards this is anything but true. My teenage daughter knew every scientific detail a...read more