1. Do you think boys and girls need the same sexual advice?

No -- girls and boys have different risk factors and so advice needs to be framed differently for each gender
Yes -- what's not good for the goose is not good for the gander
I'm not sure, because it's still a man's world
 

2. If you catch your child watching Sex and the City or another program that contains sexual content, you:

Sit down and see what questions may pop up
Join your child and use the characters' actions as a springboard to discuss sexual choices
Order your child to turn the TV off
 

3. Have you conveyed to your child the message that sexual desire is positive?

Since teenagers are so full of hormones, they are apt to think that a talk about desire is same as granting permission
No -- I am way too uncomfortable and can't imagine how to broach such an intimate subject
Yes -- I have explained that human beings long for touching and sexual intimacy and that this is natural and normal
 

4.In your mind, is clothing connected to sexual messages?

Not necessarily -- girls don't always mean what others conclude from tight tops and short skirts
Most definitely -- girls who bare their navels and wear skin-tight clothes are trying to let boys know they are available
No -- fashion is sexier than it used to be, but that's a sign of the times
 

5. How do you advise your teen about birth control?

I'm not sure what to say -- if I advocate condoms, will that seem like giving permission?
I explain that abstinence is the only way to have 100% safe sex, but I add that using condoms is essential if an adolescent has sex
To my way of thinking, the only birth control is abstinence