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TEENS, SEX & HEALTH - A Comprehensive Approach to Sexual Education

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I am a health teacher for middle school students and I was looking for materials to supplement my lectures. Unfortunately, this is just lecture on video. We used it a little bit in class just so the kids could see someone else talking about the same stuff but should be used in small doses.

I can see parents liking this video if they want to get caught up on the latest information regarding sexual education or if they are too embarrassed to discuss some of the topics and prefer the "so, do you have any questions?" at the end of the segments.

The good thing is that it covers a lot of topics that have come up often in the classroom (and some that the kids don't know how to ask, but should be discussed anyway) so it's nice to see something comprehensive...it's just lacking any kind of interesting visuals for students who are forced to watch it in the first place.

Is this DVD perfect? No! Does it cover topics awkward to discuss? YES. I teach Health at a High School in California and I'm appreciative of this DVD in that it does cover sexual topics in a straight forward manner. It does not have the splashy special effects and camera work that is standard on most science presentations, but the sincere forthright manner of it's presentation is on target for reaching high school age students. My students listen and watch attentively. I would recommend this DVD for a High School Health class. The organization is such that you can pick and choose the topics you need.

This video shows a few people talking and talking and talking. No illustrations just a very masculine woman an effeminate man with a rather large shiny earing and an old black man who talks about menstruation.
The focus seems to be preventing STDs and AIDs and basically encourages your kids to think that "if it feels good - do it, you're normal, it's all OK"
One intro discussion includes descriptions of the various kinds of very "normal" sex as anal, oral and vaginal. I don't know what other parents were looking for but this DVD was not the ice breaker I was hoping it to be for my young girls.

If you're looking for help in telling your kids about sex this is a great DVD! It's fantastic!I
I recommend this as a great supplement to the actual talk parents have with their kids - it's a whole lot less embarrassing!

newjhonny's review is absolutely inaccurate, you are probably for abstinence only education and i am certain that this is for you a good way to harm the only DVD on the market promoting comprehensive education in this country. You have never left any other review, and your first one is just a very nasty one..is it a coincidence ? This program has been made and produced by real experts that go to schools to talk to teens about this important topic. This DVD gives a chance to every teen in this country to get this important and accurate life saving information but these same well trained experts. It is a serious matter and the approach is serious too. It is boring may be for you, because this program has not been produced like a cartoon for a 7 years old kid. This program is designed with a very detailed navigation menu so teens don't have to watch 4 hours of program in one time. Educators and Parents, can prepare 4 sessions of 60 minutes each and educate teenagers with real trained experts who are dealing with this epidemic every day. It is a serious matter and is presented as a lecture not as a reality show. There is no program like this one out there and we are proud of having the chance to produce it. This program is a real tool to help reduce the STDs and HIV epidemic in this country that concern more than 25% of US teens according to a CDC survey in March 2008. Teenagers should not be treated like infants, and this is why this program is APPEALING to teens, but it's projection has to be organized and programed and supervised by adults, either parents or school educators or both. After each session of 60 minutes each, adults should have a 15 minutes group discussion. It has been proven very successful with small group of teens. This program will be presented for several award considerations before the end of the year.

Had borrowed from public library and decided to buy my own copy. When showing it for the first time to a class, it wouldn't even start playing. Sent back and was told it would be replaced. It has been 3 weeks and I am still waiting.