And while today’s teens overall report having safer sex than did those in years past, about a quarter of girls ages 14 to 19 are infected with at least one of four common STDs (human papillomavirus, chlamydia, herpes , and the parasitic infection trichomoniasis ), federal health officials reported in March. And kids who’ve been surveyed say they prefer to have parents, rather than any other source, provide their sexual education, says Schuster, chief of general pediatrics at Children’s Hospital Boston and author of Everything You Never Wanted Your Kids to Know About Sex (but Were Afraid They’d Ask) . I have always believed that the first step to protecting teens from sex problems is for the dads of boys to tell those boys ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING that Dad knows about love and sex at the first signs of the boy’s puberty onset. Dad, knowing what intercourse is like, should explain to son exactly how to do very realistic solo sex so son can try it out alone safely without guilt and as frequently under the covers as desired. read more

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