Your Kids at Risk by Meeker, Meg -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Dedication Introduction Preface Acknowledgments PART I - The Epidemic Is Here

ONE - Lori, Alex, Holly

LORI’S STORY ALEX’S STORY HOLLY’S STORY

TWO - The Epidemic Is Real

THE EPIDEMIC DEFINED LIFELONG, LIFE-THREATENING STDS DON’T DISCRIMINATE LIKE A MATCH TO GASOLINE BREAKING THE SILENCE

THREE - The Explosion from Two to Twenty-five

SICK FOR LIFE HPV: GROUND ZERO HERPES: THE RECURRING DREAD HIV AND AIDS HEPATITIS B MORE STROKES

FOUR - Curable but Dangerous

CHLAMYDIA GONORRHEA: BACK WITH A VENGEANCE SYPHILIS INCOGNITO TRICHOMONIASIS: HIV’S LITTLE HELPER BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS MY PATIENTS ARE YOUR CHILDREN

FIVE - The Emotional STD

SKYROCKETING RATES SEX AND DEPRESSION THE SPECIAL LOSS OF DIVORCE THE TRIUMVIRATE OF DEPRESSION UNCOVERING DEPRESSION IN TEENS

PART II - The Forces at Work

SIX - Birth Control Is Not Disease Control

MY STORY THE SUCCESS OF BIRTH CONTROL TOOLS FOR PROTECTION THE DOCTORS’ DILEMMA

SEVEN - Condoms and the Myth of Safe Sex

TALKING TERMS THE REAL DEAL ON CONDOMS SEX, LIES, AND THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT CONDOMS VERSUS THE STDS WHAT TEENS FEAR MOST CONDOMS AND TEENAGERS: AN UNHEALTHY MIX SENDING THE WRONG MESSAGE

EIGHT - Media and the World Our Kids See

PARENTS: EXHAUSTED AND DISCOURAGED TEENS: SOAKING IT UP LIKE A SPONGE SEX IS BIG SEXUALITY IS THE LARGEST DIMENSION OF A PERSON’S PERSONALITY COOL PEOPLE ARE PROMISCUOUS SO WHAT ARE PARENTS TO DO? KEEP YOUR STANDARDS HIGHER THAN HOLLYWOOD’S

NINE - High-Risk Sex

WHY IT’S HAPPENING ORAL SEX: A CRAZE WITH CONSEQUENCES ORAL SEX IS NO PROTECTION HOMOSEXUAL SEXUAL ACTIVITY MORE IS NOT BETTER: MULTIPLE PARTNERS CAN I WATCH? VOYEURISM EVERYTHING BUT SEX . . . A DANGEROUS MIXTURE: SEX, DRUGS, AND ALCOHOL CYBERSEX GOOD SEX/BAD SEX

PART III - What To Know, What To Do

TEN - Adolescent in Body and Mind

WHEN PUBERTY STRIKES STDS AND THE ADOLESCENT GIRL’S BODY WHEN BOYS REACH PUBERTY SEX AND SEXUALITY

ELEVEN - Connectedness

OUR TEENAGERS WANT CONNECTEDNESS WITH US DEVELOPING GREAT RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR TEENS CONNECTING THROUGH COMMUNICATION CONNECTING THROUGH INTIMACY CONNECTING THROUGH LOVE CONNECTING THROUGH APPRECIATION PARENTAL DISAPPROVAL OF SEX

TWELVE - Holding Off

TEACHING KIDS TO POSTPONE SEX AMBIVALENCE IS PERMISSION IT’S NEVER TOO LATE IN CONCLUSION

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