Sexuality and Our Teens – A Doctor’s Insight”
Ann L. Engelland, MD, Adolescent Primary Care
In “Sexuality and Our Teens – A Doctor’s Insight” which airs during the month of July Dr. Ann L. Engelland*, a specialist in Adolescent Primary Care practicing in Mamaroneck, walks us through the benchmarks of adolescent development – social, sexual, physical, and cognitive. She sheds light on tailoring our expectations, teaching and parenting at each phase of development from early teens through young adulthood. Her extensive and thoughtful discussion of Gardasil, the vaccine against HPV approved June 2006 by the FDA, illuminates the importance of this safeguard of our young people’s health and welfare.
Resources on Teen Sexuality
Websites:
www.SexEtc.org
www.GoAskAlice.org
www.pflag.org
www.awarefoundation.org/aware
Books:
Everything You Never Wanted Your Kids to Know About Sex (but were afraid they’d ask) by Justin Richardson and Mark Schuster, 2003.
Changing Bodies, Changing Lives, 3rd edition, by Ruth Bell, 1998.
Saving Beauty from the Beast, Vicki Crompton and Ellen Zelda Kessner, 2003
Readers might also turn to books by Debra W. Haffner available at your favorite book store:
From Diapers to Dating: A Parent’s Guide to Raising Sexually Health Children
From Diapers to Dating: A Parent’s Guide to Raising Sexually Health Children – From Infancy to Middle School
Beyond the Big Talk: Every Parent’s Guide to Raising Sexually Health Teens from Middle School to High School and Beyond
During her "Future Choices" interview Dr. Engelland discussed in detail her views on the HPV vaccine, Gardasil. She references her Larchmont Gazette article on the subject. A myriad of other cogent (and not so cogent) articles, op-ed pieces, opinion columns have appeared recently.
Dr. Engelland has announced a November Conference on Health for Women, Young Adults and Teens.
An interesting article which appeared in the New York Times earlier this year provides insights into the significance of Adolescent Medicine.
*Board certified in Pediatrics (1987) and Adolescent Medicine (2000) Dr. Engelland is Mamaroneck School District Physician. She also... ->->Read further.