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Unfortunately, we live in a culture that both embraces and rejects issues surrounding sex and sexuality. These mixed messages make it particularly difficult for parents and other caregivers to discuss sexual matters at home. Since we are constantly bombarded with mixed messages, social pressures may conflict with family values creating a big problem when it comes to sexual education at home.

Thinking back on my own childhood I learned about sexual matters from my friends, and I might add most of the information was grossly incorrect. How about you?

How well did or does your family prepare you for sexual issues in your life? Did or do you ask them questions?

While most parents and caregivers want to talk to their children about sex many are unsure about how to confront the subject.

That's where we step in. Knowledge is power!

As a leading provider of education and health care in our community,Planned Parenthood knows firsthand the power of education to help teens make responsible decisions about their health. Every year, Planned Parenthood affiliates throughout Florida provide more than 100,000 women, men and teens with the health information and services they need to protect their health. Planned Parenthood reaches more than half a million adults and teens across the state through programs such as:

Healthy,Empowered and Real Teens!- In Orlando CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO!

Mother-Daughter's workshop for mothers and their 9-12 year old daughters- In Collier County
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO!

SOURCE Teen Theatre-IN Southwest & Central FL CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO!


Teen Time®- In the Miami area
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO!

FACES- In Northeast FL
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO!

Daddy's Little Girl- In Palm Beach & Broward Counties
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO!

A new resource guide titled "The Big Talk: Sex Ed at Home," is also available at all county libraries. In Gainesville, the brochure is available at Barnes & Noble, Goerings, and Omni bookstores.

At Planned Parenthood prevention is our goal everyday!

For online resources family members can go HERE where they can find tips and more information about sex education at home.

There are 237 reasons to have sex — and having a child is number 27. That's what researchers from the University of Texas at Austin found. They surveyed 2,000 women and men about their motivations for having sex; this ample (though not exhaustive) list, published in the August issue of Archives of Sexual Behavior, is the result.

From a Planned Parenthood point of view, that's 230-plus reasons to use birth control. Whether you were simply "in the heat of the moment" (1), "tired of being a virgin" (31), or thinking sex might help you fall asleep (108), or because you wanted to "burn calories" (176), if you choose to have intercourse, correct and consistent use of birth control is the best way to avoid an unintended pregnancy. Given the wide range of motivations for having sex, and so few aimed at conception, the availability of good, affordable, and reliable birth control is vital. Remember, in the United States, nearly half of all pregnancies are unplanned.

Every year, 85 percent of women aged 15–44 who don’t use birth control during vaginal intercourse become pregnant. Although the only guarantee against unintended pregnancy is to not have sex, using birth control can reduce your risk of pregnancy from vaginal intercourse. For more information abut birth control methods CLICK HERE!

In the mean time, while the New York Times' John Tierney is on the lookout for reason number 238, the researchers are working on another list — reasons why people don't have sex. Stay tuned.