Teen Sex

My 13-year-old niece is out of control My 13-year-old niece is out of control

We took her in because her home life was unbearable. Now my home life is unbearable.
  • Caitlin Flanagan is ba-ack!

    And now she's striking out against anti-Victorian attitudes toward teen sex.
  • Why are teens putting off sex?

    Hint: It isn't abstinence-only education.
  • A 19-year-old wants my husband

    We're polyamorous but I think she needs discipline more than sex.
  • Barely legal

    A new "Romeo and Juliet" law in Indiana decriminalizes some forms of teen sex.
  • Fertility charting 101

    Should teenagers learn to read their menstrual cycles?
  • Was Romeo a sex offender?

    Under Florida law, if 18-year-olds have sex with 17-year-olds, they can be put into a database of sexual offenders.
  • Trading in the boyfriend for a "filler boy"

    Are girls and young women "hooking up" and tuning out emotionally?
  • When "yes" means "'cause if I say 'no' he'll be mad"

    Yet another survey shows that teens need real-life sex ed.
  • Teen sex cults!

    Looks like the FDA has really lost it.
  • "I can give you condoms, but I'll have to tell the cops"

    Kansas trial: Must counselors report teen sex? (Including "fondling with intent to arouse"?)
  • The virginity hoax

    A federal study reveals the terrible failures inherent in teen vows to chastity.
  • Knocked up like me

    What's cooler than being a middle-class teenage mother? Having a TV show all about you.
  • Knowing what's up down there

    Life is one long vagina monologue for this precocious teen, the daughter of a sex educator.
  • Letters to the editor

    Pro-anorexia article is irresponsible journalism Plus: Lay off teen sex, you baby boomer hypocrites! Mary Kay Letourneau is a rapist, not a victim
  • Letters to the Editor

    Are 13-year-olds ready for "hand jobs and heavy petting"? Plus: "Weird Weekends" host talks back; it's time for minorities to rethink party loyalties.
  • Teen girls not in a rush

    Four random but not randy "tween" girls talk about boobs, boys and sex -- and why they're not in a hurry to have any of it.
  • Letters to the Editor

    Abstinence works in theory, not in practice; debating cable vs. DSL; who's to blame for Columbine feeding frenzy?
  • Backtalk

    "Ophelia Speaks," a book by teens for teens, talks back to adults who think they know what's up. This teen says it doesn't speak to her.
  • "American Pie"

    He's gotta have it in this male-masturbation comedy, but the still unreleased "Coming Soon" shows that girls need their fun, too.

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