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Got Kids? Get Facts!. Everything Your Kids Wish You Knew about Relationships and Sex …. HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS (HPV). Most common STD in America Lives in the skin & can be passed through skin to genital contact. You can clear it in 2 years.
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Got Kids? Get Facts! Everything Your Kids Wish You Knew about Relationships and Sex…
HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS (HPV) • Most common STD in America • Lives in the skin & can be passed through skin to genital contact. • You can clear it in 2 years. • Causes genital warts and cervical and oral cancers. • There is a vaccine for women. • The is no test for men without symptoms.
HERPESSIMPLEXII • 1 in 5 Americans over the age of 12 has herpes. • Herpes causes painful blisters. • 85% of people with herpes don’t even know it! • There is NO cure…
Syphilis • Symptoms can include a rash or flu-like symptoms. • Untreated syphilis can affect all major body organs. • Can be spread by skin-to-skin contact.
CHLAMYDIA • Chlamydia is the #1 STD among teenage girls. • Causes PID and is the #1 cause of infertility. • Though it is a bacteria, it can cause irreversible damage.
HIV • 30% of HIV infected Americans don’t know it. • IV drug users are at risk too. • HIV has become stronger and resistant to medications. STDs can Be deadly…
Building Blocks • When should you start dating? • Why do people date? • What are the costs? • What are the benefits? • Only Date “Marriage Material.” • Who is your IDEAL guy/girl? • Respect Yourself!
Building Blocks • Don’t Put Yourself into Tempting Situations. • Watch what you wear and what you say. • Drugs and alcohol are risky! • How far is too far? You Can Always Change Your Future!
Abusive Relationships • Do you feel nervous around your boyfriend or girlfriend? • Do you have to be careful to control your behavior to avoid their anger? • Do you feel pressured by them sexually? • Do they criticize or humiliate you in front of other people? • Are they always checking up or questioning you about what you are doing or where you are at? • Do they repeatedly and wrongly accuse you of flirting with other people? • Do they BLAME you for their behavior? • Do they try to keep you from seeing friends or family? • Have they ever scared you with violence or threatening behavior? • Do you often do things to please them, rather than to please yourself? • Do you feel that, with them, nothing you do is ever good enough? • Do they say that they will hurt themselves if you break up with them? • Do they apologize for their behavior but yet continue to do it? • Do they make excuses for their behavior or say they were 'just joking'?
The Media’s influence on teen sexual activity • Movies • Television • Internet • Music • Clothing lines • Video games • Magazines
7 Steps to Raising Abstinent Teens • Don’t fall into the “Not my Kid” Trap. • Be the Parent! Have reasonable rules! • “Rules without Relationship leads to Rebellion.” • Set age appropriate dating • No computer in bedroom • Charge cell phone in your bedroom • Call to confirm their whereabouts • Set curfews • Monitor movies, music, internet, phone, dress, etc • Don’t have “The Talk”. Use teachable moments. • Carpool • No longer than 15 min. conversations • Use the negative media to your advantage • Don’t use accusatory rhetoric
7 Steps to Raising Abstinent Teens • Get into your Child’s World. • “Hooking up” • “FWBs” • “Rainbow parties” • “Chicken parties” • “Sun/Star Game” • “Snap” • “Sexting” • Text language: “POS” • Social networking sites
7 Steps to Raising Abstinent Teens • Help them set physical boundaries. 9 Steps of Intimacy: • Hugging • Holding hands • Closed mouth kissing • Open mouth kissing • Touching over clothes (groping) • Nudity • Genital touching • Oral sex • Sexual intercourse • Help them see the value of sexual intimacy and realize that sex is worth the wait.
Legal Ramifications • Statutory Rape • First-degree rape for someone age 16 or older to have sexual intercourse with someone under age 12. • Second-degree rape for someone age 16 or older to have sexual intercourse with someone between age 12 and 16, when the actor is at least two years older. • Child pornography • Definition: child pornography is defined as visual depiction of minors (i.e. under 18) engaged in a sex act as well as the lewd depictions of the genitals. Furthermore, “lewd" depictions of the genitals does not require the genitals to be uncovered. • Up to 10 years in prison and you become a registered sex offender.