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Many teenagers regularly view porn. But does this give them a distorted view of sex and relationships, and is there anything that can be done? For many parents, the idea of their child seeking out, or stumbling across, online porn is the stuff of nightmares.

More girls in the U.S. are remaining virgins until their late teens and into their 20s, with the biggest rates of decline in sexual activity seen among African-Americans and Hispanics, the CDC says.

Explicit “sexting” by kids may be far less prevalent than previously thought, and police intervention may also be less common according to two new reports published online today in the journal Pediatrics.

Some 8 in 10 sexually active teen boys reported using a condom the first time they had sex, a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds.

New Zealand parents are outraged after learning some schools are helping to keep teenage girls’ abortions a secret, the Sunday Star-Times reports. One mom is angry that her 16-year-old daughter had a secret abortion allegedly arranged by a school counselor.

Most teens who engage in oral sex for the first time will have vaginal intercourse within six months, a new poll indicates.