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Parents Encouraged To Give 'The Talk'
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Sacramento Observer
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November 2, 2006
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Sacramento Observer
11-02-2006
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- As an adolescent health consultant for Forsyth
County, Patrice Toney doesn't need government research or television news
soundbites to tell her that parents seldom talk to their children about the
birds and the bees.
She recently held a discussion on sex and other issues at a local middle
school. The discussion was designed for girls. Toney expected only about a
dozen girls to show up. Fifty girls came instead.
"That is a sign to me that parents aren't talking about these issues with
their children," said Toney. "It is an uncomfortable subject for many
parents."
Toney and others will be working this month to try to ease some of that
discomfort. ...
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