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My experience as a parent of an adolescent is that the sexuality stuff was so scary to me that it was hard to even begin to talk with my girls about it. I think I had the ‘normal’ experience of a parent with two kids – one was easier and one was harder, but both …
I’ve introduced Dan before – he’s my favorite sex advice columnist. Here’s another short intro: Dan talks about sex and tells things like they are in a way few advice columnist (or people, for that matter) are willing or able to do. He’s the go-to-guy for everything from freaky to vanilla sex or relationship questions. …
So your teenager is having sexual intercourse. That particular cat is out of the bag, and you’re stopping it is not the battle you are choosing the fight. The problem is that your son or daughter is having sexual intercourse without condoms. How do you fight that battle? Here are a few places to start: …
Yesterday a father asked me about discipline. He was grappling with the realization that interfacing with his almost teenage son about sex education will be very different than previous interactions on other issues. Notably, this father came to the realization that talks about sex and related issues should not involve discipline. It should involve a …
Two teenage girls with an intense background in martial arts and street fighting created a video aimed at teaching teen girls how to protect themselves and get away from a potential abductor or a rapist. (The video can be downloaded for free, just follow the link from the banner on the left.) I have watched …
There’s an article in the NYTimes this week about how an increasing number of teenagers are having plastic surgery. The article says that in 2006 teenagers made up 70% of all of the people who had this particular type of surgery. Astoundingly, it’s to “fix” a problem that is generally outgrown in the later phases …
Yesterday I spoke with Howard Schiffer, author of How to be the Best Lover: A guide for teenage boys. I wrote about Howard’s book several days ago. Here is our conversation: K: Can you explain why you wrote How to be the Best Lover: A guide for teenage boys?H: Because I felt like I had …
I am reading a book right now called How To Be The Best Lover: A guide for teenage boys by Howard Schiffer. The book is intended to be a follow-up to a series of basic sex talks parents should have with young boys. The book covers many topics including communicating with girls, masturbation, foreplay, pregnancy …