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Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenting Teens How to discuss sexuality with your teen

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Radio, television, magazines, books and religion can send mixed messages to teenagers. This constant barrage of contradictory messages can confuse and embarrass teens, and do very little to help. Sex education in the United States is terrible, and teens have to look up to older teens and young adults who have already made their mistakes. These kind of mixed signals can cause early teen pregnancy, the spread of disease, and poor self-esteem. There are ways of taking your child's sexual education into your own hands. As uncomfortable as it is, you have to talk to them. Yes, that's right, you...

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