The One Thing Your Teen Needs From You If They Are Having Sex

First, take a deep breath. 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My reaction made him feel like he was doing something wrong, and he told me that was the very reason he didn’t even want me to know he had a girlfriend. I wasn’t prepared, and I gave him a lecture telling him he was too young.” Now she does things a little differently. 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