Websites

﻿ ﻿﻿**Websites**

This page is dedicated to the various websites on or about teen sex education that are available online. Please do not substitute the resources on this page for seeking information and advice on sex from parents, teachers, physicians, and/or mentors.

 **Puberty** 

[|Puberty101] Uses questions asked by teens to provide information about the various aspects of puberty.

[|WebMD] Has a new teen section. The teen girls' section is up and running. The teen boys' section is coming soon. The focus is on puberty, development, and health issues.

 **Birth Control and Abstinence**

[|KidsHealth.org Sexual Health] "Learn the facts about sexual health with articles about puberty, menstruation, infections, and just about everything else you wanted to know, for guys and girls."

<span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">[|Youth Success NYC] <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">"Abstinence, not having sexual intercourse, is the only 100% sure method of avoiding getting pregnant or contracting sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), including HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. But if you do decide to have sex, protect yourself and your body by knowing how to get and use condoms."

<span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">[|The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists] <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">"This pamphlet explains: types of birth control, how to choose a birth control method that is right for you, and which birth control methods protect against STDs." <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">

<span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #000080; color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">**General Information**

<span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">[|I Wanna Know] <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">Sexual health and STD prevention information for teens, including chat, education, games, and other resources.

<span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">[|Sex, Etc.] <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">Sex Etc has an Ask the Experts feature as well as a teen forum. <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">Advice for teens about sex, love and relationships, teen pregnancy, birth control, condoms, smoking, alcohol, and drugs. Published by Answer at Rutgers University.

<span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">[|Midwest Teen Sex Show] <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">Promotes the discussion of teen sex through video episodes posted monthly

<span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">[|Scarleteen] <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">Advice, help and information about teen sexuality. Special sections for teen gals and guys.

<span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">[|Go Ask Alice Sexuality Page] <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">[|Go Ask Alice Sexual Health Page] <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">This site offers advice of all kinds for teens. Teens may ask Alice about relationships, nutrition and diet, drugs, sex, alcohol, stress, etc. <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">The site is produced by Columbia University in New York.

<span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">__[|Kids Help Phone]__ <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">"Information, tips, links and more that you can use in facing life's challenges." Sections include: Friendship & Love, Diversity, Family, Birth Control, STDs and AIDS. <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">The site is also available in French.

<span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">[|IPL's Teen Health and Sexuality Page] <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">"This is a collection of links to great sites on about every topic important to a teen's health. Some topics are sex, sexual orientation, and your body."

<span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">[|TeenGrowth] <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">"TeenGrowth is a unique and interactive website specifically tailored toward the health interests and general well-being of the teenage population. <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">﻿TeenGrowth is a unique and interactive Web site specifically tailored toward the health interests and general well-being of the teenage population. TeenGrowth offers a secure environment to search for, request and receive valuable health care information on topics such as alcohol, drugs, emotions, health, family, friends, school, sex and sports. ﻿ <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">[|Girls Health] <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">"Girlshealth.gov promotes healthy and positive behaviors in girls, giving them reliable and useful health information in a fun, easy-to-understand way."

<span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">[|Teen Health FX] <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">"Everyone has questions about their (or someone else's) sexuality and this is the place to find the answers with out being embarrassed. Really!"

<span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">[|About.com] <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">Tons of links to more information on a variety of topics including: sexting, teen pregnancy, and a lot more.

<span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #000080; color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">**Created By and For LGBTQ teens**

<span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">[|Amplify Your Voice: Youth Resource] <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">"YouthResource is a Web site created by and for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (GLBTQ) young people. YouthResource takes a holistic approach to sexual health and exploring issues of concern to GLBTQ youth, by providing information and offer support on sexual and reproductive health issues through education and advocacy." <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">

<span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #000080; color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">**Created By and For Young Women of Color** <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">

<span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">[|Amplify Your Voice: My Sistahs] <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">"MySistahs is a Web site created by and for young women of color to provide information and offer support on sexual and reproductive health issues through education and advocacy." <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">