Breaking up with a boyfriend or girlfriend can be incredibly hard for teenagers. In general, teenagers’ ability to take the long view is limited. Because of that, the ending of a 11-month long relationship (or even a 2-week long relationship) can feel like the end of the world, regardless of who even instigated [...]
Archives for April, 2007
More on parent classes
Some parents e-mailed me, asking where on my website to look for more information about my parent classes. Here is the link:
http://adolescentsexualitytoday.googlepages.com/parentcurriculum
I plan to offer a class in Austin this summer, so please let me know if you are interested.
Classes for Parents
My class for parents about their (current or future) teenagers’ sexuality has four classes in a series. The classes are titled:
Adolescent Sexuality Today: An Introduction
What We Assume
Our Hopes vs. Reality
Talking With and/or At Your Teenager: What To Do, What Not To Do
You can find out more about my services on my webpage.
Presidential Candidate Mike Gravel on sex education
I am delighted to present the first response from the presidential candidates on sex education. This is the first in a series of responses from (I hope) all of the presidential hopefuls. I will soon have a page on my website that will include all of the responses gathered in one place. [...]
Report on abstinence-only sex education
There is much talk around the blogosphere these past few days about a new study which was commissioned by Congress on the efficacy of abstinence-only sex education. Mathematica Policy Research, Inc released the full study and a short web-based description of the findings late last week. Other people to report and comment on it include [...]
ahh…so much to blog, so little time!
I have some fascinating posts for the next couple of days, including the first response to my questions for the presidential candidates on sex education and a re-cap of the study on abstinence-only education.
Today, however, I am taking a bit of a reprieve because none of these posts are quite ready and I passed my [...]
The definition of abstinence only sex education
A big study was just released on the efficacy of abstinence-only sex education. In preparation for all of the ensuing discussion about sex education (which will include a post here tomorrow), I want to be sure everyone really understands what “abstinence only sex education” means. The US government is putting huge amounts of [...]
Gay vs. Straight
It seems that many people I talk with, from teenagers to adults, have at some point in their lives questioned whether they were gay. Different levels of analysis were needed before they had a solid answer to the question - one person just needed one date and another identified as bisexual for a number [...]
Article from the NY Times
Hi Folks,
I am in Chicago right now attending the American Educational Research Association’s annual meeting. It’s cold and snowy, and I’m missing my 80-degree Austin weather! All that boils down to me not having the time for proper blogs this week. So please bear with me, and in the mean time, read [...]
Condom Comercial from Amsterdam
You’ve got to love a place where they teach appropriate use of condoms on television!
