Yes, there are rules your teen should have for dating. And yes, this means your teen could be dating.
Rules give guidelines. They especially serve as guidelines when there’s no enforcer there. You know, like Dad with his shotgun. I kid of course. I’m not encouraging Dad to stand there daring some boy to put [...]
I know he’s inconsiderate and selfish, but he’s so damn cute!
Bad dating habits start early. They are often based on what your teen learns to call familiar, or what they see a relationship looks like while growing up. They don’t even know they saw it some of the time and therein lay the problem. [...]
Hear no evil then speak no evil kind of sex talk cross your mind?
I know you want your teen to get an education and become self-sufficient so they don’t depend on you their whole life, but not mentioning sex or avoiding streets with sexy bill boards isn’t going to stop your teen from their [...]
What if you can’t do the sex talk? What if you won’t do the sex talk because you have a complete block when it comes to teens and their sexuality? Who does the sex talk then?
If you know you have a moral code that prevents you from giving an unbiased sex talk to your teen [...]
A Gay Teen Sex Talk? Yeah, it’s the same, but different and the key thing to know is…where it’s the same.
When you figure out, or your teen tells you that they’re gay, there may be some concern about the way you’re supposed to deliver the good ole sex talk. Maybe you didn’t think of [...]
You notice your teen girl won’t catch a ball anymore and it seems like your son has started wetting the bed. You start looking for your 1970s version of Our Bodies Ourselves. Umm…things have changed a bit including that book.
There are so many books that are written to help teens navigate the mysterious world [...]
You can’t burst into the room and blurt out, “What do you know about birth control? You don’t need it anyway and finish your H.W.!” Yep, I think another tactic is in order.
Parents often struggle with the thought of bringing up the “sex talk” or anything related with sex or babies or sexuality…you get my [...]
