The Sex Talk doesn't work.
The Sleeping Beauty Method (trying to keep your kid from having a sexual thought until they're 25), doesn't work. Lowering the Bar to some arbitrary date or emotional state, doesn't work. And you won't scare the hormones out of them by showing horrific pictures of diseased genitals.
But doing nothing isn't an option.
If what you were looking for was a book that would guide you through “The Talk” — the one where you sweat bullets for months, finally arrange that special weekend, Mom takes the girls, Dad takes the boys, you lay it all out, pray they don’t ask any tough questions and then hope to God you never have to discuss it again — this is NOT that book.
If you were looking for a book that explains how to convince a teen to use protection consistently and correctly, this is NOT that book. That book does not exist. Teens use condoms the way they clean their rooms. Always have and always will. You are fooling yourself if you think otherwise.
The aim of Did You MEAN to Raise a Sexually Active Teen? is to help you and your kids make decisions about sex both of you can live with.
Karen Kropf is an expert in ONE thing: Knowing how to influence adolescent decisions about sex. Techniques that are easy tounderstand, and apply immediately that are effective with ANY age.
The Sleeping Beauty Method (trying to keep your kid from having a sexual thought until they're 25), doesn't work. Lowering the Bar to some arbitrary date or emotional state, doesn't work. And you won't scare the hormones out of them by showing horrific pictures of diseased genitals.
But doing nothing isn't an option.
If what you were looking for was a book that would guide you through “The Talk” — the one where you sweat bullets for months, finally arrange that special weekend, Mom takes the girls, Dad takes the boys, you lay it all out, pray they don’t ask any tough questions and then hope to God you never have to discuss it again — this is NOT that book.
If you were looking for a book that explains how to convince a teen to use protection consistently and correctly, this is NOT that book. That book does not exist. Teens use condoms the way they clean their rooms. Always have and always will. You are fooling yourself if you think otherwise.
The aim of Did You MEAN to Raise a Sexually Active Teen? is to help you and your kids make decisions about sex both of you can live with.
Karen Kropf is an expert in ONE thing: Knowing how to influence adolescent decisions about sex. Techniques that are easy tounderstand, and apply immediately that are effective with ANY age.
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