Parent-Child Communication Programs Helping Parents Become Knowledgeable and Comfortable as Sex Educators
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Research has found that good parent-child communication around sexuality has many positive effects for teens – including helping them protect their own sexual health. Good parent child communication leads to better contraception use and lower sexual risk behaviors. Teens want their parents’ guidance: research has found that more teens would prefer to get information about contraceptives from their parents than from a health center, class, hospital, media or friends.
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