Parental Influence on Adolescent Sexual Behavior: A Current Look at the Role of Communication and Monitoring and Supervision

摘要: Parental Influence on Adolescent Sexual Behavior: A Current Look at the Role of Communication and Monitoring Supervision Leslie M. Kantor Parents are central to adolescents’ lives extensive research shows that parents can influence adolescent young adults’ sexual decision-making in positive ways. However, ability interventions help their children’s health has been modest. In many cases, for have not guided by theory or strong based only a general sense more communication between children topics related sexuality is helpful. Currently, millions dollars public funding United States designated programs reduce teen pregnancy prevent sexually transmitted diseases. addition, foundations individuals contribute significant funds organizations implement strive improve health. Increasingly, there an interest including program components order them positively teens’ decision-making. At this time, few influencing teens behavior developed resulted outcomes, with notable exceptions Families Talking Together Get Real: Comprehensive Sex Education Works, which both added Department Health Human Services list evidence-based last 18 months. develop additional benefit adolescents ensure policy practice strengthened, up-to-date information from large, diverse