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Many children will receive some sex education at school. Often, though, the lessons are segregated, and the girls hear primarily about menstruation and training bras while the boys hear about erections and changing voices. It's important that girls learn about the changes boys go through and that boys learn about those affecting girls *

Advocates for Youth.
Parents' Sex Ed Center: Are You an Askable Parent?
www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/frtp/askable.htm

American Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists.
Talking to Your Kids about Sex. 2002.
www.aacap.org/publications/factsfam/62.htm

Nemours Foundation.
Questions and Answers About Sex. 2001.
www.kidshealth.org/parent/positive/talk/sex.html

Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays.
Our Daughters & Sons. Questions and Answers for Parents of Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual People. 2003.
www.pflag.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Our_Daughters_and_Sons_Final_03.pdf

SIECUS.
Families are Talking. Resources and Fact Sheets. 2002.
www.familiesaretalking.org/resources/rsrc0000.html

Sex Education at School

Indiana University.
Teacher Talk: Sex Education Curricula; Dealing with Sex in the Classroom. 1997.
http://education.indiana.edu/cas/tt/v1i3/dealing.html

School-Based Sex Education.
An ERIC Digest. 2001.
www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed460130.html

SIECUS.
Sexuality Education Curricula. 1998.
www.siecus.org/pubs/biblio/bibs0010.html

*Fact Box Reference

The Nemours Foundation. Talking to Your Child About Puberty.
Accessed on the web at
www.kidshealth.org/parent/positive/talk/talk_about_puberty.html