For parents, I think these data show that conversations about sex need to be both broader and more specific. For healthcare providers, the implication is that we have to do a better job in getting messages to teens about the potential health risks of oral sex.
Houston, we have a sequencing problem.
If they want their teens to abstain from sex, they need to say exactly what they want their kids to abstain from.
Parents have to be clear about their own sexual attitudes.
Parents ought not be afraid to talk to their children early and often about sex, love and relationships, and to be as specific as they are comfortable being.
The general sense is that, among teens, there is a greater comfort level with not having sex. That is something fundamentally different than existed 15 years ago.
This is a topic that has been covered a lot in the press over the last 3 or 4 years. But past reports were based on anecdote rather than fact. For the first time, we have some data that helps shed light on this subject.
What (parents) do and say matters a lot when it comes to teens' decisions about sex. It's not just peers and popular culture that are steering the ship.
This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.
This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.