Talking with your teens about sex: going beyond “the Talk”

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (U.S.). Division of Adolescent and School Health.
• Description:
  Parenting a teen is not always easy. Youth need adults who are there for them—especially parents who will connect with them, communicate with them, spend time with them, and show a genuine interest in them. Talking with teens about sex-related topics, including healthy relationships and the prevention of HIV, other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and pregnancy, is a positive parenting practice that has been widely researched. A number of programs in a variety of settings (e.g., schools, parents’ worksites) have been shown to increase the amount and quality of communication between parents and their teens.
  
  This fact sheet offers practical actions for parents to help strengthen their efforts to engage positively with their teens and to have meaningful discussions with them about sex. This information complements other available parent resources (see selected list on page 3) by emphasizing the importance of talking with teens about sex and healthy relationships.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Parent-Child Relations Sex Education
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:fa6a08e32f7b6106188a1678946f16cf49afcfd75220dc1d52d025e4bbbede77
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/26121/cdc_26121_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.48 MB ]