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• Early Explorers
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  A Profile of Dr. Mitchell S. Tepper
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  Birth Control and Your Fertility
• Too Young to Talk About Sex?
  Think Again!
• Stop, Look and Listen
  Tips for Improving Communication with Your Kids

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• In Search of Sex Ed
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• New Age Families
  Family-Building for Gay and Lesbian Parents
• Sex Slumps During Pregnancy
  Tips to Help Couples Stay Intimate While Expecting
• Unasked and Unanswered Questions About Infertility
  Straight Answers to Uncomfortable Questions
• 10 Guiding Principles
  Strategies to Change Your Teen's Thinking and Preempt Crises
• La Femme Nasty
  Surviving Female Adolescence
• Failing Fatherhood
  How Men Handle Infertility
• Stepbrother + Stepsister = Trouble
  When Hormones Rage in Stepfamilies With Teens
• The Music Made Me Do It
  How Much Influence Does Music Have on Teens?
• Beyond the Abuse
  Breastfeeding After Sexual Violation
• Finding What Works
  The Report to Delay Teenage Sexual Activity
• Women and Sexual Dysfunction
  Coming to Terms With a Common Problem
• Managing the Media
  Limiting Exposure to Adult Issues in Preteen Lives
• Soul to Soul vs. Role to Role
  10 Steps to Raising a Conscious Family
• Pre-baby Blues
  Pregnancy Depression Before Baby Arrives
• Dance It Off!
  Regain Tone and Shape with Musical Movements
• First Bra Buying Basics
  7 Tips to Make the First Bra a Good Experience
• Holiday Preconception Prep
  Tips for Avoiding the Top 3 Seasonal Fertility Traps
• Flying Solo
  Single Parent Adoption
• The HPV Vaccine
  A Shot Against Cervical Cancer
• Life Is Huge!
  The Immense Power of Little, Everyday Moments
• Kathy Smith
  Interview with a Workout Mama
• The Right Words
  Talk to Your Daughter About the Human Body
• The Dirty Truths About Pregnancy
  You Never Warned Me About This!

• I walked in on my 7-year-old daughter in the bathroom fondling herself. What is the best way to approach this?
• I walked in on my 12-year-old son and his male friend experimenting with each other. Should I be worried?
• My 6-year-old often sees her 8-year-old cousin playing like she's having a baby, and doing CPR and French kissing her brother. Is this normal sexual curiosity?
• I am a single father. How do I talk to my 11-year-old son about sex?
• I read in my 10-year-old's diary that she is looking at porn on the Internet. What should I do?
• My 13-year-old son is preoccupied with sex and is looking for porn on the internet. He purchased condoms in a mall men's room just to try them but says he is not sexually active. Is this normal behavior or should I be concerned?
• Now that I'm pregnant, I don't have any kind of sex drive. I'm very concerned and hate to be touched. Is this normal?
• Now that I?m pregnant, I don?t have any kind of sex drive. I?m very concerned and hate to be touched. Is this normal?
• My 9-year-old stepdaughter recently told me that she and the neighborhood boy kissed. Is this normal?
• How do I talk to my 9-year-old about Jamie Lynn Spears' pregnancy?

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• My 12-year-old daughter told me she has been seeing a girl behind my back. She also said she is gay. What should I do?
• My 4-year-old daughter explores private parts of her body. Is this normal?
• My 5-year-old is asking for lots of privacy lately. Is this normal?
• My daughter is acting scared of growing up. Is that bad?
• My 1-year-old has started touching her genitals and stares at the little boy I watch when I am changing his diaper. Is this normal?
• What should I do to properly inform my mature 8-year-old about sex?
• When can I tell my kids about sex?
• What kind of support and information do teenagers need to breastfeed successfully?