Set expectations with your son around standards for himself that encourage respect of sexuality and modesty for men and women alike. Single parents must understand the importance of leading by example. If you want to encourage sexual abstinence until marriage for your children, you must also model that behavior yourself. 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.