Teenagers have been having sloppy, enthusiastic sex since before “teen” was a term. Parents used to marry off their children once they hit that randy age, but now we try to keep them cloistered and chaste. It hasn’t been working so well. The Netherlands has a different approach to sex. There boys and girls are ...
At least that’s what the end result will be if they prevent young girls from getting the HPV vaccine. HPV is a genital warts virus and it leads to over 70% of cervical cancers. There has been much controversy over girls as young as 12 getting this vaccine, and the most recent attack comes from ...
Some people claim that sexually active teenagers are all risk takers, trouble makers, and going to hell in a handbasket. That’s just not true. Researchers have finally sorted out casual from serious teen relationships and it looks like it’s not as simple as sex being bad.
Boots, one of the major pharmacies in the UK, will soon allow sales of emergency contraception (EC) through their website. People say this will lead to more promiscuity, STIs, and even younger girls being at risk.
The UK has the highest teenage pregnancy rate in western Europe. While we can’t blame teachers for what goes on outside the classroom, anything they can do to improve these young people’s sexual knowledge would be helpful. So what can teachers and schools do to help? Have integrated, comprehensive, age-appropriate sex education starting from kindergarten ...
No kidding?! I think we all knew that being a teenage mum was a problem. Both the mum and baby are likely to be underweight (and all the problems that come with that). But what can we do about it? Researchers looked at 50,000 women between 14 and 29 to see how their pregnancies fared. ...
Sexually active elementary school children in Massachusetts are being given condoms after counselling and education. This is without their parents’ knowledge and people are up in arms (of course!). But I fail to see the problem. If your kids are sexually active don’t you want them to be able to protect themselves?! Young people, and especially ...
Are you a Hotshot who needs protection? The Swiss have come up with a new small size condom that is being marketed for 12 to 14-year-old boys under the name ‘Hotshot’. Condoms not fitting properly is one of the main reasons that people don’t use them during sex and we all know what consequences this can lead ...
The UK has the highest teenage pregnancy rate in Western Europe and the government is constantly putting money into sex education programs, birth control, and the like to help reduce this. But I have a more radical (realistic?) idea on how to curb teenage pregnancy: the culture of alcohol and drinking in the UK is the ...
The announcement that sex education will be mandatory for all UK pupils from the age of 15 on is great news. Parents will not be able to opt-out their children unless they are 14 or younger (currently opt-out age is 19!). This is a great move by the government, but there is still a long ...
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