Teens are hesitant to talk about sex to their parent....well it depends on the parent, but most of the time we rather not ask.
The first time to many teens have the sex talk with their parents, is when telling them that they are pregnant. Parents, if the teens have a sex queston with their parents, don't assume they are doing it. And teens, if your parents aren't talking to you about sex, don't assume they don't care. Teenage pregnancy is 100% preventable. Start talking. For more information, please visit, stayteen.org or abcfamily.com
It's often easier to talk to someone you are not close to. As a kid you do not want to think about parents and sex in the same sentence. It's embarrassing. You can guide him and learn yourself from the Planned Parenthood site. They have pages for both parents and teens.
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Having been a teen myself and now the mother of teens, I'd say that most teenagers find it hard to talk to their parents about anything that might upset them or be the source of an argument. This could be anything from sex, dating, drugs, grades, music, religion, politics...the list goes on. I think it's very important for parents to let their children know that they can come to them to talk about anything and yet still feel safe and secure enough to trust that their parents won't stop loving them.
maybe it makes THEM uncomfortable, too. if its your parents, maybe they dont want to think you're old enough or serious enough to have sex. That's a big step, after all.
If you haven't talked about sex, it's kind of late doing it now. Visit a library and ask for a book about explaining sex to kids. Lay it on a table and when they pick it up you can talk - or - talk to each child separately, and ask them if they have any questions about sex or pregnancy. Tell them you are here to answer any questions. Most teens will say that they have no questions. That's because they have already found out everything from their friends. By the time they are teens they've already heard about oral, anal and regular sex.
Probably because the feel more comfortable discussing sensitive subjects with their peers rather than their families. For example - talking about sex-related topics could make them feel too embarrassed to talk to their parents.
Yes, greatly because of the fact that children get their ideas on how things work in families from their parents and if neglected, they look elsewhere for affection and if treated well, it also shows. I couldnt agree more, i definatly would say yes. Because teenagers can be described as lazy no good bean bags. At least some of them. And if most of the teenagers in our sociaty are lazy how can we trust them to take care of a human being? This is what i ask. Lack of sex education is one reason but also, and I guess you can call it lack of parenting skills, US parents don't have the kind of relationship to their teens so they can talk about it. They compared Dutch teens to US ones and the they all had equal amount of sex but the US teens had way more pregnancies and STI's. The difference they found was that Dutch teens can speak to their parents about sex very openly and the parents know they are having sex and help them get birth control etc. US parents just said no when they talked about if their teens were allowed to have sex. They just closed the conversation. So the kids were having sex but felt they could not talk to their parents about it. Until they had no choice and it was too late and they had to. Parents need to stop sticking their head in the sand and pretend "oh no not my little girl".
Education. Parents sharing their moral view of premarital sex. An ability to openly discuss views and feeling from both teens and parents. Access to birth control when needed.
Your parents might not be happy about the fact you may be bisexual, but they love you and they most likely will not understand, but stand by you. However if you are just in your teens you need to discuss your feelings with a school counselor or your family doctor (do not be embarrassed speaking to your doctor and what is said between you and your doctor is confidential) because some teens are confused about deep friendships with the same sex making them feel they are bisexual when they will most likely end up enjoying the opposite sex later in their lives when their hormones are more balanced.
Yes, as you begin to go into your teens and throughout those years you will get the urge to have sex if you are in a relationship that is going somewhere. But it is safer to wait until the legal age of 18 to have sex. I by any chance you choose to have sex before 18 it is safest to talk about to parents and use condons and if female go ont he pill.