"Communication - The Basics" - article by Formation & Education in Sexuality, Archdiocese of Omaha
For Teens and Parents
- "Becoming a Woman: Basic Information, Guidance & Attitudes on Sex for Girls", Valerie Vance Dillon, Twenty-third Publications, Mystic, CT, 1990
- "Becoming a Man:Basic Information, Guidance, and Attitudes on Sex for Boys", William J. Bausch, Twenty-third Publications, Mystic, CT, 1988
For Parents:
- Kids are Worth It! Giving Your Child the Gift of Inner Discipline, Barbara Coloruso, Avon Books, 1994
- What Children Learn from their Parents Marriage: It May Be Your Marriage But It’s Your Child’s Blueprint For Intimacy, Judith Siegel, Ph.D, C.S.W., Quill, 2000
- Epidemic: How Teen Sex is Killing Our Kids, Meg Meeker, MD, Lifeline Press, 2002
- The Holy Longing, Ronald Rolheiser, Doubleday, 1999
- Real Boys, William Pollack, PhD, Henry Holt & Company, New York, 1998
- Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys, Daniel Kindlon & Michael Thompson, Ballantine Books, 2000
- With Listening Hearts: Understanding the Voices of Lesbian and Gay Catholics, Peter J. Liuzzi, O.CARM
Church Documents:
- Human Sexuality: A Catholic Perspective for Education and Lifelong Learning, United States Catholic Conference, 1990
- Educational Guidance in Human Love: Outlines for Sex Education, Congregation for Catholic Education, Rome, 1983
- The Truth and Meaning of Human Sexuality: Guidelines for Education Within the Family, Pontifical Council for the Family, published in the United States, 1996
"The Rules Have Changed: Teen Sexually Transmitted Disease"
Appropriate for parents, teens, and educators, this video features accurate medical information about the epidemic of teen sexually transmitted disease. It features Dr. Meg Meeker, Dr. Paul Warren, and Dr. Marilyn Maxwell Billingsly as well as the questions and stories of real teens available through MASE (636-386-1789) or www.stdepidemic.com.
- www.screenit.com - useful website for parents who want to quickly check the rating and story line of current movies
- www.homefaith.com - website aimed at providing spiritual help for families
- www.letssingit.com - website where you can easily access the lyrics to any song you want. Click on charts in the first menu
- www.mediafamily.org - National Institute on Media and the Family
- www.getnetwise.org - website aimed at helping parents help kids to safely use the Internet
- www.medinstitute.org - Medical Institute for Sexual Health is a reliable source of accurate medical information regarding sexuality issues
- www.freeteens.org - abstinence based website with good info for parents and teens
