He also cautions that perceptions and opinions
about teen sexuality differ greatly among parents.
Not exact matches
Read on to learn more
about dealing with
teen sexuality.
And for parents who fear their teenagers may become pregnant, there are some tips in
Teen Pregnancy Prevention to help ensure your daughters make the right decisions
about their
sexuality.
«The source of the information
about a
teen's
sexuality is almost always secondhand and intrinsically unreliable.»
Love, Simon is a charmingly modern coming - of - age movie that tells a story
about a
teen struggling with his
sexuality.
Juno (PG - 13 for profanity, premarital
sexuality and mature themes) Coming - of - age dramedy
about a pregnant
teen (Ellen Page) who divides her time between getting to know the father (Michael Cera) and bonding with the couple (Jennifer Garner and Jason Bateman)
about to adopt her unborn baby.
French filmmaker Francois Ozon continues to explore transgressive aspects of
sexuality (see In the House) with this deliberately controversial drama
about a
teen prostitute.
Before I Fall (PG - 13 for mature themes, bullying,
sexuality, violent images, profanity and underage drinking) Adaptation of Lauren Oliver's young adult novel of the same name
about a recently - deceased
teen (Zoey Deutch) who is afforded an opportunity to relive her last day on Earth over and over until she untangles the circumstances surrounding her death in a tragic car accident.
How to Talk to Girls at Parties (R for nudity,
sexuality, drug use and pervasive profanity) Sci - fi comedy, set in London in» 77,
about a shy
teen (Alex Sharp) who falls in love with a beautiful alien from another planet (Elle Fanning) he meets at an after - hours rave.
(In French, Arabic, Albanian and English) The Uninvited (PG - 13 for violence, disturbing images, mature themes, profanity,
sexuality and
teen drinking) Remake of Korean horror flick revolving around the desperate efforts of two sisters (Emily Browning and Arielle Kebbel) to warn their father (David Strathairn)
about his fiancée's (Elizabeth Banks) sinister agenda after being visited by the ghost of their recently - deceased mother (Maya Massar).
OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening September 23, 2011 BIG BUDGET FILMS Abduction (PG - 13 for
sexuality,
teen partying, intense violence and brief profanity) John Singleton directs this action thriller
about a teenager (Taylor Lautner) who ends up on the run from a team of hit men when he tries to determine his true identity after seeing his baby photo on a missing persons website.
Somersault from 2004 is
about an Aussie
teen runaway discovering her
sexuality, and 2012's Lore, set during the fall of the Third Reich sees the eldest daughter of an SS officer protect her siblings on a journey across Germany.
What Goes Up (R for
teen sexuality, profanity and drug use) Slice - of - life drama, set in 1986,
about a reporter (Steve Coogan) sent from New York to New Hampshire to write a story
about the hometown of ill - fated, teacher - turned - astronaut Christa McAuliffe who finds himself unexpectedly in charge of a classroom of dysfunctional students, including a shameless flirt (Hilary Duff), a repressed Peeping Tom (Josh Peck) and a scheming baby mama - to - be (Olivia Thirlby).
Love, Simon (PG - 13 for profanity, underage drinking,
sexuality and mature themes) Adaptation of «Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda,» Becky Albertalli's young adult best seller
about a gay
teen (Nick Robinson) forced out of the closet by a cruel classmate (Logan Miller) who discovered his sexual orientation online.
Quitters (R for
sexuality, profanity, and
teen drug and alcohol abuse) Coming - of - age dramedy, set in San Francisco,
about a troubled
teen (Ben Konigsberg) who finds a better family to live with after his parents» (Mira Sorvino and Greg Germann) marriage falls apart.
OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening February 20, 2009 BIG BUDGET FILMS Fired Up (PG - 13 for profanity,
sexuality, partying, partial nudity and pervasive crude humor)
Teen comedy
about a couple of high school's football stars (Eric Christian Olsen and Nicholas D'Agosto) who hatch a plan to spend the summer at a camp filled with gorgeous girls by quitting the team to try out for the cheerleading squad instead.
Told in alternating perspectives, this groundbreaking novel is an indictment of rape culture and explores with bold honesty the deepest questions
about teen girls and
sexuality.
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About Blog Scarleteen has been committed to delivering the best progressive, inclusive, accurate and holistic
teen sexuality education on the net since 1998.
Launched by PPLM in 2013, the Get Real
Teen Council (GRTC) is a high school sexual health peer education program designed to empower teenagers to educate their peers, families, and communities
about human
sexuality and healthy decision making.
Studies show that access to medically accurate information
about sexuality and body functions play an important role in lowering rates of
teen pregnancy, abortion and sexually transmitted infections.
Pay full attention and make eye contact when talking to your
teen about sexuality or any other topic!
Let's Talk: Tips for Talking With Your
Teen About Sexuality (Hablemos: Consejos para hablar con tu adolescente sobre la sexualidad)
PPM Peer Educators are trained to lead programs and answer questions
about teen health,
sexuality, decision making, contraception, abstinence, and HIV / AIDS.
The point of comprehensive
sexuality education is not to reduce
teen birth rates; rather, she said, «it's so young people can have the resources and education they need to make healthy choices
about their bodies and their lives.»
The study applies an established conceptual model of parent -
teen sexuality communication to extended family, which recognizes both direct talk
about sex and indirect (less straightforward)
sexuality communication, which predict teens» sexual beliefs and behaviors.
Remember that your
teen will likely encounter many messages
about sexuality from the media, his or her peers, and the surrounding culture.