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Friday, August 08, 2008

Work-Based Sex Ed Programs Enhance Parent-Teen Communication

A new study that was published in the British Medical Journal reports that work-based sex education programs for parents increased parent/teen discussions about menstruation, birth control, and other topics.

Researchers enrolled over 500 parents of teenagers in eight weekly sessions of a program called "Talking with Your Teens about Tough Issues." Participants reported that after taking the course - which was presented at their places of work - they became more comfortable initiating difficult discussions with their teens about sexual issues.

Some experts believe that teaching parents to educate their teens about such matters might work better than having the public schools do it, partly because there is so much disagreement about whether to use abstinence-only programs.

Labels: communication, sex_education, teaching

posted by ByParents-forParents at 7:40 AM

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