Teens decide to delay becoming sexually active for many different reasons. In one survey of teen girls, "values and morals" was the most common reason given. Others included wanting to avoid pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, or because they were waiting for the "right" partner.
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8/10/2010
Over the decades, Good Housekeeping has offered tips on everything from dealing with teething to taming spirited teens. Here, we share our very best wisdom, inc... Read More
- 7/8/2010
Suggestion on what to ask instead. With tips from from parenting pro Michele Borba, Ed. D
#1. "What are your friends saying about..."
#2 "Where did this happe... Read More
- 7/7/2010
Talking with an adolescent can be like walking through a mine field. At any moment you could be asking what you thought was a simple, sincere question only to f... Read More
- 2/1/2010
In the battle to discover what works to curb teen sexual activity, a study released today in the Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine reports importa... Read More
- 1/25/2010
New data analysis released today reports a rise in teen pregnancy and birth rates. The report also offers an analysis of the cause behind this increase. Anti-ab... Read More
- 1/15/2010
A teenage girls who appears topless in a "sexting" cell phone picture that was distributed among her middle-school classmates should face child-pornograph... Read More
- 1/12/2010
Abstinence education works. Peer-reviewed research has shown that it persuades teens who have not yet engaged in sexual activity to remain abstinent and help th... Read More
- 1/5/2010
- Annual report of statistics and trends for sexually transmitted diseases in the United States through 2008.
Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance, 2008 p... Read More
- 1/4/2010
Results from this new survey show that 21% of teen girls and 18% of teen boys have sent/ posted nude or semi-nude images of themselves. What is going on with te... Read More
- 11/5/2009
Washington, DC (November 5, 2009)- Abstinence education is delaying sex among teens. Data from an analysis conducted by the CDC shows positive evidence that abs... Read More
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