Parent-Child Communication Helping Teens Make Healthy Decisions …

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Make Healthy Decisions about Sex. DEVELOPMENT. A majority of parents want their children to know about sex, birth control, and preventing STDs, …

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A Program of Advocates for Youth
Parent-Child Communication: Helping Teens
Make Healthy Decisions about Sex
DEVELOPMENT
A majority of parents want their children to know about sex, birth control, and preventing STDs, especially HIV. And a
majority of children want to learn about these same topics from their parents. So what’s the problem? Embarrassment and
fear on both sides are keeping these two important groups from talking to each other even though they desperately need
and want to!
PRE-PRODUCTION: WHEN PARENTS SAY “HELP!” RESPOND WITH STORIES ABOUT .
?Sex and reproduction
?Sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS
?Contraception
?Sexual identity
?Healthy relationships
?Positive body image
?Peer pressure.
WRITING THE WRONGS
?Half of all mothers of sexually active teenagers mistakenly believe that their children are still virgins.
?More teens say they would prefer to get information about birth control from their parents than those who say they
would prefer to get information from health centers, classes, hospitals, private doctors, television, or friends. But,
about half have never talked with a parent about condoms or other birth control…