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"Ignorance Is Bliss”: An Opinionated Mom’s Perspective on TEEN SEX

Of course we don’t want our teenagers to “do it,” but when puberty hits, it’s on. The train is on the track. Hormones start raging and there is no stopping them. Crush number one begins with a shy smile on the way to their locker. Crush two hits with a whiff of the quarterback’s sweat after a football game. The giggles. The flutters. Our girls can’t stop thinking about the boys…and our boys can’t wait to feel up those girls. We can pretend it isn’t happening and ignore it, or we can confront it head on. Because once the...

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    I totally agree. My son is now 27, but he knew how babies were made by the time he was six. And we taught him about the importance of condoms by the time he was 12. Yes, that seems early, but kids grow up faster than we think. And if he — or his twin cousins — ever had a question, they knew they could count on us to answer them honestly. Once, he asked a question I wasn't sure how to answer,...
    (from THE BIRDS AND THE BEES: Having The Sex Talk)
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Yep - Spring is in the air...and you know what that means...the BIRDS and the BEES are doing what they do...so, MAMAs need to do what we do...have the talk with our little chicks!  Here's our opinion MAMAs, let us know yours!

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GQ’s cover features “Glee” stars in sexy attire and in a sexy pose.  The actor in the shot, Cory Monteith, has his hands on the girls’ buns.  These kids are on a program rated TV 14, and the photo is sparking controversy over the actors’ public images, and the impact they might have on their young fans.

MOMism: Keep your hands to yourself.  When our kids are sitting at the kitchen table or...

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Karen F. Owen, who is a 2010 Duke University graduate, created a sophisticated PowerPoint presentation documenting and rating her sexual experiences, complete with graphs and charts.  The subject of the presentation is “An education beyond the classroom: excelling in the realm of horizontal academics.”  Each man in the report was a student-athlete at Duke and is graded according to criteria...

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Recent studies from University of Western Ontario and University of Illinois at Chicago are finding that men who help clean, take care of their kids, and do other domestic chores around the home, get more action in the bedroom.  The concept of “choreplay” may be the best foreplay yet- and is backed up by research data that reflects that women are more likely to want to have sex when their male...

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On June 10, Cape Cod voted unanimously for a sex education policy that allows all children, elementary and high school alike, to seek out a counselor and obtain condoms without parental consent. Public outcry, including that of Democratic Governor Deval Patrick, are forcing district officials to reconsider an age limitation to this new ruling.  The Provincetown School District, the smallest in...

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