Organizations and articles on the Web
• Advocates for Youth — advocatesforyouth.org
• European Approaches to Adolescent Sexual Behavior & Responsibility – advocatesforyouth.org/european.htm
• Tips for Talking with Sexually Active Teens about Contraception – advocatesforyouth.org/parents/contraception.htm
• Parents and Teens Talking Together About Contraception – advocatesforyouth.org/parents/experts/huberman2.htm
• Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States – siecus.org
• Information Link For Teens – siecus.org/links/links.html#TEEN
• The Sexual Health Network – sexualhealth.com
Books
By Debra Haffner (all Newmarket Press):
• From Diapers to Dating: A Parent’s Guide to Raising Sexually Healthy Children From Infancy to Middle School
• Beyond the Big Talk: Every Parent’s Guide to Raising Sexually Healthy Teens From Middle School to High School
• What Every 21st-Century Parent Needs to Know: Facing Today’s Challenges with Wisdom and Heart
By Robie H. Harris and Michael Emberley (Candlewick Press):
• It’s so Amazing! A Book about Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families (for ages 5 and up; these authors also have a book for younger children, but I recommend starting with this one right away)
• It’s Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex and Sexual Health (for ages 10 and up)
By Lynda and Area Madaras (Newmarket Press):
• The “What’s Happening to My Body?” Book for Girls; with a companion workbook, My Body, My Self for Girls
• The “What’s Happening to My Body?” Book for Boys; with a companion workbook, My Body, My Self for Boys
DVD
The Talk. With a healthy dose of humor, this series of skits by today’s teens for today’s teens and their parents is the best sex education DVD I have ever seen. Available from Youth Performance Co. (youthperformanceco.com); (612) 623-9180. It comes with a discussion guide.
This article appears in May 7-13, 2008.
