This site has been developed by the Florida Department of Health to engage teens, parents and other citizens in an informative dalogue about teen risks.   ...read more »

April 2010     In celebration of National Youth Week (10 – 18 April), Australia’s leading sexual and reproductive healthcare organisation today opened the vault on The Sex Files project, revealing what hundreds of youths around Australia had to say about all things sexual health related.  ...read more »

by Wendy Little, Comedian     As a parent you know that the time will come when you can no longer shirk responsibility and avoid “the sex talk”. There have been times when the subject has come up in my two offspring’s younger years and I’ve tried to give information in a technical but understandable way with the correct names for everything - willy, fanny, boobs, etc.  ...read more »

by Dr Janet Hall, Clinical Psychologist     No matter how liberated you are, talking to your children about sex can be difficult. How much should you say, and when should you start? Many parents did not have  ...read more »

Parents:  This Marie Stopes International site provides straighforward information for your teens. Teens: Sick of reading stuff on SEX that doesn't tell you what you really want to know?  ...read more »

30 July 2009     Teenagers around the country can now receive comprehensive STI and contraception education, thanks to a new teacher toolkit launched today by Australia’s leading sexual and reproductive healthcare organisation.

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By the Australian Council on Children and the Media     Today’s media and marketing environment is hazardous, both for girls and boys.  Much  advertising directed at children works by making them feel anxious about themselves, and undermines their self esteem.  They have to have the product to be OK.  ...read more »

This is part of a series of informative fact sheets from Family Planning Queensland.  These factsheets explain sexual development in early childhood and help parents to: understand childhood sexual behaviour, respond to specific behaviours, give kids positive messages about sexuality and impart necessary self-protection skills.

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26 November, 2008     Watching plenty of television combined with low self-esteem, poor relationships with parents, and low academic achievement are some of the factors that may add up to young people having sex before the age of 15.  ...read more »

27 October 2008     Australia's leading sexual and reproductive healthcare organisation today called on governments around the country to introduce mandatory sex education in all schools following release of new research showing that, of teens who are sexually active, a third had their first experience at age 14 years or younger, yet almost one in ten say they have not been taught sex ed at school.
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