sexulaity

Controlling Teens: Does It Work?

In the previous post I suggested that being in control of our selves as adults is  better starting point for building healthy relationships with our teenagers. In this post I want to briefly outline why the issue of control is a vexed one where teenagers are concerned. One of the most significant tasks of adolescence [...]

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Girls Starting Puberty Younger

I think this is the type of headline no Dad wants to read. Most of us Dads would be happy for our  girls to start puberty at about 15, and then start finding boys interesting at about  21. So the news from Europe that the average age of the onset of puberty has now fallen [...]

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Australian Teenagers & Sex

After my recent post about attitudes towards sex and contraception of teenagers in the US someone asked if there was any similar Australian research.  Well there is in fact, and it was quite remiss of me to not refer to it before now. La Trobe University carries out a survey of year 10 and year [...]

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Teenage Attitudes About Contraception and Pregnancy

A study has found more girls are using the rhythm method as a means of contraception, and a majority of both male and female teenagers think that it is okay for a single girl to have a baby. These are two of the findings in a study released by the Centers for Disease Control and [...]

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Teenage Girls Talk to Parents More

Have you ever thought that teenagers don’t want to talk to their parents about sex, teenage girls talk to their mothers more than boys, and communication is proportionate to trust? Well you’d never believe it, but the research suggests that you are on the money!  Apparently teens are willing to talk to parents about their [...]

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