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The Sex Talk I Had With My Mom When I Was 20

Nadia Cho | Posted 03.09.2013 | College
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Nadia Cho

This holiday season, I came out to my mom about being sexually active, being bisexual, writing about sex for my college newspaper and then getting a ton of media attention for my column on having sex in the library. But did I also mention that I got straight A's this semester?

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Teens, Sex and Why Talking Matters

Cecile Richards | Posted 12.11.2012 | Parents
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Cecile Richards

If we want to help our kids to make healthy decisions, we have to be clear about our values and about the information we give them on how to stay safe. Nowhere is this truer than those seemingly awkward conversations with teens about sex.

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'My Eighth Grader Thinks She's Ready For Sex'

Posted 11.18.2011 | Parents
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Dear Susan, My daughter is in the 8th grade and is boy-crazy like all her friends. She has had a crush on a boy in 9th grade for three months and ...

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Surprising Things We Can Learn From The Dutch About Sex Education

healthland.time.com | Maia Szalavitz | Posted 11.18.2011 | Home
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Teen birth rates are eight times higher in the U.S. than in Holland. Abortion rates are twice as high. The American AIDS rate is three times greater t...

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Sexual Harassment In Schools -- Studies Say It's Real

Hayley Krischer | Posted 01.15.2012 | Parents
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Hayley Krischer

I was 14. He was 18. He was a big kid. On the football team. (Can I tell you that he became a cop later in life without you judging cops all together? Just giving you an idea of his confidence.)

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Sex and Sensibility

Lorraine Devon Wilke | Posted 08.16.2011 | Women
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Lorraine Devon Wilke

Even in this more enlightened age, I well remember an exchange I had with a fellow mother when my son was in middle school. The conversation came around to sex and she asked how I approached that red-hot topic with my son.

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Confessions of a Failed Parent

Jonathan Black | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
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Jonathan Black

I envisioned sitting down with the boys on a bed and starting with, "When boys and girls get older... " only to have them roll their eyes and groan, "We know about that, dad."

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