Category Archives: Teen Relationships
For many teens, puppy love hasn’t disappeared. It’s been sexualized.
Teenagers today have received a great deal of help and support in learning about the health risks of sex and how to avoid them. By age 18, the vast majority of teens have received some information about contraception, refusal skills and abstinence. These health messages have been critically important to bringing down the rates of …
Teenz Fun
Teenagers today grow up in a world that bears little re semblance to the world their parents grew up in. Almost from the cradle, today’s young people are bombarded with sexual come-ons and appeals. By the time they reach their teens, they have absorbed messages about sex from the streets, the internet and the entertainment …
Teen Pregnancy
The US has made remarkable progress in reducing teen pregnancy and birth rates over the past decade-teen pregnancy is down 28% and teen birth rates have declined by one-third. Yet more needs to be done. Too many teens are still getting pregnant and becoming young parents. One in three girls still become pregnant by age …