5) For older kids, point out that most sex shown in movies and on TV is consequence free. In real life, they need to understand that unprotected sex can lead to pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. Point out that all the sex they see on the screen is fantasy and that real sex must be safe.
By Liz Perle
Talking to Kids About Premarital Sex
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Thanks for the sound, concise advice and for urging parents to be proactively reactive to the smorgasboard of young girl/woman celebrity craziness out there. At last, Paris, Lindsay, Britney and now Jamie are giving our daughters a glowing example of how *not* to live.
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