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Time for Parents to Talk to Each Other – and Their Lawmakers

Twelve year old Kristin had a secret she wanted to keep from her parents. They just wouldn’t understand if she told them about what she and a 17 year-old neighbor had been doing before their parents got home from work. 

But Kristin remembered her health teacher talking about things to watch out for after fooling around – and she feared she was in trouble. 

“I think Ms. Wilson called them ‘genital warts,’ or something gross like that,” Kristin thought after discovering some unusual bumps in her private area. “I wonder if that’s what I’ve got.” 

When she got off the …

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