If you have regular conversations, you won't worry so much about making a mistake or saying something not quite right, because you'll always be able to talk again. Research clearly shows that talking with your children about sex does not encourage them to become sexually active. The National Longitudinal Study on Adolescent Health found that teenagers who clearly perceive that their parents disapprove of them being sexually active, using contraception or getting pregnant are less likely to have early intercourse. Adolescents should know that there is a difference between love and sex. Love takes time to develop.
Sex is never a test of love.
A true boyfriend is a guy who is your friend, a person around whom you are a better person, who wants the best for you, and who will respect your wishes not to have sex. Best Friends girls learn to tell boys early in a relationship that they have standards and do not engage in sex, drugs or alcohol. A boy who continues to pressure them for sex is not a real friend and is not worth keeping. Best Friends girls support one another's decisions to wait to have sex. Best Friends provides better things to do, better ways to have fun as an adolescent free of the complications of sexual activity, so they can develop into healthy and accomplished young ladies.