Sex Education Resources
Reading List and Book Reviews (click here or image)
Websites For Parents (To keep you up to date)
The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy (www.teenpregnancy.org)
Children Now and Kaiser Family Foundation (www.talkingwithkids.org)
Sex Information and Education Council of the United States (www.siecus.org) - statistics and resources for educators and families
Kids Health (www.kidshealth.org/parent) - provides general medical info on children’s health issues
Kaiser Family Foundation (www.itsyoursexlife.com) - (888) BE SAFE-1
Advocates for Youth (www.advocatesforyouth.org)
Advocates for Youth (http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/parents/) - parent tips on how to talk about sex
Siecus report on parent/child communication programs (http://www.familiesaretalking.org/)
Healthy Teen Network http://www.healthyteennetwork.org/) - National Org. for Adolescent Pregnancy, Parenting, & Prevention
RAINN (http://www.rainn.org/) - information and resources on sexual assault
American Medical Women’s Association Obstetrics and Gynecology (www.obgyn.net)
Sexual Health Network (http://www.sexualhealth.com/) - easy access to sexuality information for people with disabilities.
Rainbow List: Top Ten LGBTQ Books for Children and Teens, 2011-2022 https://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?wid=55
Kaiser Daily Reproductive Health Reports on Women's Health (https://www.kff.org/womens-health-policy/)
Resource Center for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention (http://www.etr.org/)
Alan Guttmacher Institute (http://www.guttmacher.org/) – sex education research
Center for Disease Control (http://www.cdc.gov/)
Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance (https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/data/yrbs/index.htm)
Child Trends (http://www.childtrends.org/) - statistics and data on what prevention programs work with children
Planet Puberty https://www.planetpuberty.org.au Helping parents of kids with intellectual disability and autism navigate puberty
California Teen Health (http://www.californiateenhealth.org/) - local adolescent health data, public policy
Common Sense Media (http://www.commonsensemedia.org) information for parents and kids on current games, movies, and social media sites
Sites For Young People
iVillage Gurl (http://www.gurl.com/)
Planned Parenthood’s teen site (https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/teens)
P&G - info on periods and period products (www.beinggirl.com)
Advocates for Youth (http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/)
It's Your Sex Life (www.itsyoursexlife.com) - Kaiser Family Foundation (888) BE SAFE-1
I Wanna Know (http://www.iwannaknow.org/) teen site for the American Sexual Health Association
Sex Etc. (http://www.sexetc.org/) - sexuality information for teens by teens operated by he Network for Family Life Education also provides info for professionals
Girls Circle Association (http://www.girlscircle.com/)
Girls incorporated (http://www.girlsinc.org/)
YouTube Channels to subscribe to:
The Talk Institute - Parenting support for raising sexually healthy kids https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEpcVK2Eq7iubHFAXfnRgiA?view_as=subscriber
Amaze - Features cartoon videos on sexual health issues https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXQZTtGgsy6QHH2fg-OJ_eA
Being Girl - Always and Tampax with great videos on how to use feminine hygiene products https://www.youtube.com/user/beinggirl
Common Sense Media - Media tips and tricks for families https://www.youtube.com/user/CommonSenseMedia
Smart Social - Keeping kids safe and smart on the Internet https://www.youtube.com/user/SafeSmartSocial
Stay Teen - Videos for teenagers about sexual health - https://www.youtube.com/user/StayTeen
