You can help your son or daughter make healthy choices about sex. 4parents.gov can help you talk to your child, pre-teen, or teen early and often about healthy relationships, waiting to have sex, what happens as he or she grows, and other important topics.
This Web site is divided into three main parts. Each area will help you as a parent to talk with your pre-teen or teen to come up with ways to handle lots of situations:
You can help your pre-teen or teen be prepared to make a healthy decision when he or she needs it most.
Since the beginning, the Parents Speak Up National Campaign has evaluated different elements to look at the effectiveness of its messaging and the way it is presented to parents. Recently an article was published in the Journal of Adolescent Health talking about the effectiveness of the advertisements and their influence on parent-child communication. You can read the press release here to learn more about the study and its findings. [pdf] [html]
The Parents Speak Up National Campaign has produced "Gadget." This ad encourages parents to talk with their kids about waiting to have sex. Click on the image below to see the ad. If you have trouble viewing the ad, please download the latest version of Adobe Flash Player at the Adobe Web site.