(Written by guest blogger JustAnotherTeen.)
My father is a minister and has been since he was 17. I will not name the denomination but it is obviously a Christian one and saying my parents are conservative is like saying the galaxy is big. Therefore, you can probably guess about the extent of sex ed I got [...]
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My parents’ views on sex
Getting caught with my girlfriend: How not to react!
(Written by guest blogger JustAnotherTeen.)
My girlfriend and I had been having sex for at least three months when finally we got caught. I was just about to go take a nice warm bath after we were done but we cuddled for a bit too long and her mom came in before she was dressed. This [...]
Getting together with my girlfriend
(Written by guest blogger JustAnotherTeen.)
She was my first girlfriend, and still is. We are now practically engaged, minus the ring, but I am getting a bit ahead of myself. It all started when I was bored out of my mind while home from the residential high school that this particular girl and I attended. I [...]
An Introduction by JustAnotherTeen
(Written by guest blogger JustAnotherTeen.)
Hi, I am going to be the guest blogger for the next two weeks while your regular host is away on vacation! I am an 18-year-old male and I am currently a senior in a residential high school that concentrates on math and science. I live at school approximately 10 months [...]
Guest blogging teenager
I am delighted to announce that a guest blogger has offered his services while I am gone during the two weeks after Christmas. JustAnotherTeen is his psudonym of choice. He is 18 years old, and has had sex with his girlfriend. I’ve had some conversations with JustAnotherTeen, and I think everyone will be really interested [...]
How to build trust
I want to speak more on the response to my last post. My youngest daughter trusted me and felt that she could make an agreement with me and then honor that agreement. How did that come about? It is possible that my older daughter also trusted me - she also made an [...]
When is it okay for teens to have sex?
Dr. Robert Wm. Blum was online with the Washington Post on Tuesday, May 16, at 11 a.m. ET to field questions and comments about risk and protective factors associated with sexually active teenagers. You can read the whole column here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2006/05/12/DI2006051201149.html One of the questions and answers is:
Cambridge, Mass.: Why is it [...]
Abuse and it’s consequences
When I was a child and young adolescent, I had several very inappropriate experiences with significantly older youth and with men. This was pretty hurtful to me. I ended up acting out sexually, promiscuously. I think there was connection, but who knows? I was in the time period of drug, sex, [...]
A Show of Hands
The New York Times had an article by Stephanie Rosenbloom called “A Show of Hands” on 10/5/06 (it can no longer be read online without subscribing).
Some of what she said is that “Nowadays hand-holding has attracted the interest of scientists who are studying its effects on the body and mind. And sexual health educators [...]
Life Behaviors of a Sexually Healthy Adult
Children and adolescents gather information from watching the adults around them. The Sexuality Infomation and Education Council of the United States (http://www.siecus.org/) has compiled a list of Life Behaviors of a Sexually Healthy Adult. Reading this list, I think an adult (or child, or adolescent) who is exhibiting these behaviors is healthy in more ways [...]
