Multiple sexual partners in your home is not healthy for you or your child and serves to put your child at more risk for multiple partners and uncommitted relationships. Research also indicates that the risk for sexual abuse increases when the child is exposed to their parent's adult sexual partners in the home that are not related or committed to the family or parent. Sexual abuse increases risk of both disease transmission and teen pregnancy. Single parents can provide appropriate adult role models for their children by trusted adults of the opposite sex. Faith communities, churches, and synagogues offer the opportunity to experience appropriate models of both genders for children in single parent families.
Many guys feel intense pressure from girls in their peer group.
The girls mature faster and have false expectations and ideals about their sexuality from the culture, especially if a lack of parental communication and boundary setting exists in the home. Encourage honesty and assertiveness in dealing with her advances. Help him define the boundaries around the relationship. If she persists at school or at home, call the girls parents and request a personal meeting to discuss this problem directly. Involve the principal of the school if necessary.