June 23, 2011
Parents may stutter and stumble when broaching intimate subjects, but opening the lines of communication helps teens develop healthy attitudes about sex and relationships. While conversations are family-specific, the highlights seem to be safe sex methods, pregnancy and being in a loving and committed relationship before considering physical intimacy. But the new approach to ...
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November 10, 2010
Unhappy young people are more likely to drink and have sex, researchers have found. I think we can all agree that we already knew this. But what this study has done which is different is look specifically at 11- to 14-year-olds. Over 3,500 young people were surveyed about their general well-being, school life, family life, ...
March 29, 2010
Some sad lonely ladies have a lot of cats. Some sad lonely ladies collect cartoon merchandise. Some sad lonely ladies come home from work, crack open a bottle of vino and get blotto. The new Hello Kitty range of wine hopes to capitalise on all three! Sporting the tag-line: “Our favorite girl has grown up” ...