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Sexuality

Adolescence is a time of sexual maturation, exploration, and experimentation. Learn more about teens' sexual development and behaviors and how to talk to them about these changes.

Publications

Puberty

Especially for Teens: You and Your Sexuality
Boys' and Girls' Concerns About Puberty
Pubertal Development
Stages of Puberty
Puberty Information For Boys
Puberty Information For Girls
Menstruation
Gateway: Parenting Into the Teen Years (Issue 1) - Talking With Your Kids About Puberty
Talking With Kids About Tough Issues: Sex & Puberty


Sex

Telling It Like It Is: A Guide for Effectively Dealing With Adolescent Sexual Risk-Taking
Behaviors
 
Especially for Teens: You and Your Sexuality

Talking With Your Teen About Sexuality
Parents of Teens: Show You Care--Talk With Your Teens About Sex
Talking With Kids About Tough Issues: Sex & Puberty
Talking With Kids About Sex and Relationships
Teaching Our Daughters About Sexuality
Teaching Our Sons About Sexuality
When Teens Have Sex: Issues and Trends -- KIDS COUNT Special Report 1999
Why Abstinent Adolescents Report They Have Not Had Sex: Understanding Sexually Resilient Youth
What to Know About: Teen Sexuality

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Telling It Like It Is: A Guide for Effectively Dealing With Adolescent Sexual Risk-Taking
Behaviors
 
Talking to Kids About AIDS
Talking With Kids About HIV and AIDS
Facts About HIV and AIDS
HIV Infection in Adolescents
Young People At Risk: HIV/AIDS Among America's Youth
Condoms and Their Use in Preventing HIV Infection and Other STDs
Comprehensive HIV Prevention Messages for Young People
Preventing HIV Infection — Intervention Programs Show Promise for Reducing Risk in Adolescents

Contraception

Telling It Like It Is: A Guide for Effectively Dealing With Adolescent Sexual Risk-Taking 
Behaviors

Contraception and Adolescents
Birth Control Especially for Teens
Condom Use by Youth
Condoms and Their Use in Preventing HIV Infection and Other STDs
Comprehensive HIV Prevention Messages for Young People
Preventing HIV Infection — Intervention Programs Show Promise for Reducing Risk in Adolescents

Sexual Assault/Rape

National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center -- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
Interpersonal Violence and Adolescent Pregnancy: Prevalence and Implications for Practice and Policy   
Healthy Teen Network -- Policy Statement on Interpersonal Violence and Adolescent Pregnancy  
Telling It Like It Is: A Guide for Effectively Dealing With Adolescent Sexual Risk-Taking
Behaviors
   

Sexual Orientation

Sexual Stereotypes and Sexual Orientation
Homosexuality and Adolescence
Especially for Teens: You and Your Sexuality

Other

Your First Ob-Gyn Visit
Timing of Primary and Preventive Health Care Visits for Female Adolescents
Reproductive Health in Teens
Gender Identity
When Gender Identities Become Confused
Fact Sheet on Youth

Videos

The Growing Season:  A Parent's Guide to Positive Parenting of Teens

Programs

Sex

The Growing Season:  A Parent's Guide to Positive Parenting of Teens

Risky Business
Telling It Like It Is: A Guide for Effectively Dealing With Adolescent Sexual Risk-Taking
Behaviors
    

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Talking With Kids About AIDS
Telling It Like It Is: A Guide for Effectively Dealing With Adolescent Sexual Risk-Taking
Behaviors
     

Sexual Assault/Rape

The Growing Season:  A Parent's Guide to Positive Parenting of Teens
Project Equality      
Maltreatment and Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenting Program
Telling It Like It Is: A Guide for Effectively Dealing With Adolescent Sexual Risk-Taking Behaviors  

Centers/Institutions

The Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI)
Center on Adolescent Sexuality, Pregnancy, and Parenting

Other

Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS)
Bridge for Adolescent Pregnancy, Parenting, and Sexuality (BAPPS)

Sex, Etc. - A Website by Teens for Teens

 

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