Sexual incidents drawing concern among school officials

The Boston Globe
Laura Pappano
January 19, 2003

In this article about high-school students' sexual indecency and school officials sweeping these shocking incidents under the carpet, Nan Stein, senior research scientist at Centers for Research on Women, provides a suggestion for parents anxious about helping children through sexual peer pressure: " We have to teach sex education, whether we call it 'Getting to Know Your Body' or 'Becoming a Teenager.' And we can't just talk about the mechanics - 'What is ovulation? How do you make a baby?' - people have to be willing to engage in the messiness ."