Many teens experiment with sex. You may want to believe this is not the case for your teen; some parents (and you know who you are!) need to believe that their teen is holding off on sex until after marriage. Statistics suggest, however, that at least half of all teens are engaging in sexual activity, given findings from several surveys recently .
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Half of all high school students have engaged in sexual intercourse (including 39 percent of 9th graders)
Half of all high school students have engaged in sexual intercourse (including 39 percent of 9th graders)
*Only 58 percent of this group used a condom the last time they had sexual intercourse; and
Over half of all teens between the ages of 12 and 17 (56 percent) expressed personal concern about becoming infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), but more than two-thirds (69 percent) did not know where to get tested for HIV.
*What Can a Parent Do?
Communication between parents and teens can have a significant impact on the approach teens take to sexual behavior and condom use. The importance of parental communication regarding safer sexual practices cannot be overemphasized.
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I added you to my blog roll. Psychology is interesting.
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