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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)
(siecus.org)
Information Link For Teens
(siecus.org/links/links.html#TEEN)
Information Link For Parents
(siecus.org/links/links.html#PARE)
The Sexual Health Network
(sexualhealth.com)
Books
By Debra Haffner (all Newmarket Press):
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.
