How To Talk To Kids About Sex: Great Resources from Planned Parenthood
October marks Let’s Talk Month, aimed at getting families to talk to kids about sex. Here, ways to go beyond “the talk” and say what matters—and sticks.
Susan G. Komen Apologizes For Pulling Planned Parenthood Funding—Reinstates Grants
UPDATE: The Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation has apologized to Planned Parenthood for cutting off almost $700,000 in grants meant to help low-income and...
How An Unplanned Pregnancy Changed The Way I Want To Talk To My Kids About Sex
By TARA PRINGLE JEFFERSON I quickly took the pregnancy test out of the bag and fumbled with the instructions: Pee on the stick, wait three...
Train Up A Child: Talking and Teaching Black Children Sexual Responsibility
If a lawsuit accusing Usher of infecting a partner with herpes should do anything, it's to convince us parents to have real talks with our kids about sex.
Black Teen Pregnancy Rates Drop By 51 Percent—Thanks To Responsible Teens
Health advocates say the massive drop in Black teen pregnancy rates is due to more teens taking control of their reproductive responsibilities.
NYC Teen Pregnancy Ads Try To Shame and Insult Teen Girls Into Not Having Babies
Well yeah, this makes all the sense in the world: New York City’s Human Resources Administration is going all in with a new “straight talk”...
Pregnant Texas Teen Sues Parents For Right To Have Baby. Isn’t Reproductive Choice Grand?
My mother’s “birds and bees” talk began and ended with this simple directive: “Don’t bring no babies home because I’m not trying to take care...
Roe v. Wade At 40: Pondering Reproductive Rights For Our Daughters
I’d left the New York Times out on the table, with a story about the death of an abortion doctor right there on the front...
The Best Of MyBrownBaby, 2012 Edition: Stories That Moved the MBB Crowd
From controversial shootings (Trayvon Martin), celebrity deaths (Whitney Houston) and celebrity kid growing pains (Willow Smith) to political triumphs (President Barack Obama and Obamacare) and...
Stakes Is High: Talking To My Teen About Sex Just Got Real—And I Can’t Be A Punk About It
She is 13 now, and the curves are there and the hormones are kicking in and the boys are looking a little bit more grown...
