Dating & Relationships
14 & Younger: The Sexual Behavior of Young Adolescents
Bill Albert, Sarah Brown, and Christine M. Flanigan, Editors
This report contains seven papers based on six different sets of data on young adolescents ages 12 to 14. It provides information on topics such as sexual activity, pregnancy rates, contraceptive use, dating patterns, and communication with their parents about sexuality related issues. A summary is included.
Sex and Sensibility: The Thinking Parent’s Guide to Talking Sense About Sex. Deborah Roffman, Cambridge: Perseus, 2001.
The Sex Lives of Teenagers: Revealing the Secret World of Adolescent Boys and Girls
Lynn Ponton
The book recounts the conversations between therapist and adolescents about sexuality and their feelings, desires, fantasies, and expectations. The voices of parents attempting to come to terms with their children's emerging sexual identities also appear in this book. Topics include pregnancy, abortion, masturbation, sexual orientation, Internet dating, gender roles, HIV/AIDS, and drugs.
2000; $13.00; ISBN 0452282608; Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
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