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From comprehensive sexual education to understanding consent, a healthy relationship with sexuality is a critical part of adolescent development.

05.22.2024

Unlocking Understanding: Sex Ed for Young Adults with Intellectual Disabilities

Young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities receive less sexual education than their neurotypical peers. Many believe parents should play a bigger role in filling in the education gaps.

Fellow Dani Weissert

10.24.2023 mother and daughter having conversation on couch about sex, contraception

Navigating Parent-Teen Conversations About Sex

Talking to your teen about sex is essential, and it's never too early to start.

Guest Author Julia Durante

12.15.2022 two women smiling at the camera

Kimberlee Hartzler-Weakley and Kayla McKean

Kimberlee Hartzler-Weakley, Ph.D., M.S., and Kayla McKean, M.Ed, lead a team developing an online sex education program targeted towards youth with higher rates of risky sexual behavior.

Fellow Hannah Tremont

03.24.2022 a graph of a number of people with blue squares

Is Covid Killing Young Love?

Adolescent couples’ in-person and sexual interactions decreased compared to the period before Covid lockdowns, though by small amounts.

Fellow Connor McCombs