STUDY: 1 'SEX TALK' FOR TEENS NOT ENOUGH

'Our current culture is highly sexualized'

(STUDYFINDS) — PROVO, Utah — It’s the conversation many parents dread having with their kids, but still an essential life lesson nonetheless. 

“The talk,” of course, is a rite of passage for teens meant to lay out both the risks and rewards of having sex, but does it really help? 

A new study finds that it can — but having one conversation simply isn’t enough.

“Our current culture is highly sexualized, so children are learning about sexuality in a fragmented way from an early age,” explains study author Laura Padilla-Walker, a family life professor at Brigham Young University, in a release. 

“Research suggests that parents can be an effective means of teaching their children about sexuality in a developmentally appropriate manner, but that does not occur if parents only have a single, uncomfortable, often one-sided talk.”

Read more at https://www.wnd.com/2018/10/study-1-sex-talk-for-teens-not-enough/#MC0a7gEQbM1MHGoy.99