The Internet has made many things possible. Only some of those things are good. One example of bad is from Tuesday’s Washington Post. An 18-year-old female athlete’s picture was posted on a popular website, along with a sexual comment. Her fame has now been spread far and wide, and she is [...]

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An issue I have been exploring this week through conversations with a few parents is whether or not they feel it is their place to tell parents of other teenagers what the teenagers are doing. In other words, if your teen’s best friend or romantic partner is over at your house, and you find [...]

I asked Joan Price to speak with me briefly about lifelong sexuality. Joan is the author of the book Better Than I Ever Expected: Straight Talk About Sex After Sixty and hosts a blog on the same topic. Here is our conversation:
Me: Why do you think senior sexuality is important?Joan: It’s important because [...]

I am delighted to announce that according to the New York Times, schools for pregnant girls are dying off. In an article from yesterday’s paper, the NYT outlines closings of these schools all across the country, and focuses particularly sharply on the low-quality, high-cost pregnant girls’ schools in New York. These schools will [...]

In a teenager’s decision to do things that most parents object to them doing (drinking alcohol, using drugs, failing classes, having sex, etc.), the teenager is the one with the power. Parents can often control the superficial among young teens: whether they go to school, whether there is alcohol in the house, whether the [...]

There is a general awareness that adults should get to know and watch out for all kiddos. I wish there was a similar awareness for teenagers - they need our acknowledgement and our support just as much as the little ones. I’ve seen many neighborhoods where adults who are walking around will say [...]

The Washington Post recently printed a discussion of research about sex. More specifically, they printed a discussion of what sort of research isn’t happening. The article begins:

This just in, from a global study on sexual well-being released last month: More than half of Americans are unhappy with their sex lives.
Or are they? Last [...]

I am pleased to announce an up-coming class on adolescent sexuality for parents in south Austin.
This class will cover a variety of issues that are critical for parents of current or future adolescents to understand in order to support the healthy sexuality of their children. Because of the dramatic changes in the adolescent sexual [...]

This week I will be talking with a number of organizations and people about providing sex education for teenage parents through one of the non-profit agencies here in town. I am really very excited about this potential project.
While there are a few teenage mothers who planned their pregnancies (mostly married, Hispanic mothers), the vast [...]