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Before another child grows up too fast, another teenager gets the idea that sex is a service, another mother winds up raising a grandchild she didn't expect...we've got scripts, timetables, sex therapists standing by to help you past the initial awkwardness; cautionary tales ranging from horrifying to hilarious; and an incredibly stunning survey.




We've Got Quizzes

How Are You Doing with The Talk?
Take our test to assess the quality of your conversations.		 What Do Girls Really Think? Discover just how much you know about what happens inside your daughter's head.

The Groundbreaking O/Seventeen Suvey

She Said, She Said 
Real mothers and daughters reveal what they're telling each other—or not—about sex.		 What I Know Now
Four women remember what their moms told them (or didn't).

Helpful Therapists, Standing By

Everyone's Doing What!? Get direction from sex therapist Laura Berman.  The Eww Factor 
How to find the balance between embarrassed silence and TMI.

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