The Sex Lives of Teenagers

Shows parents and teens strategies for coping with adolescent sexuality. In a book that goes behind the closed doors of a therapist’s office to hear what teens say about their sexual lives, it offers a safe forum without fear of judgment. Teens speak frankly about their feelings, desires, fantasies, and expectations- and parents give voice to the struggle of coming to terms with their children’s emerging sexual identities. It begins a dialogue that explains adolescents’ sometimes-risky behavior highlighting positive as well as negative risk-taking, addressing pregnancy, abortion, masturbation, the range of sexual orientations, and the spectrum of gender roles and the lack thereof. A no-holds-barred book looks at a subject often considered taboo.

“If you really want to know what teenagers think about sex, this is the book to read.”

Michael Thompson, PhD, coauthor of Raising Cain