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"Not under my roof." That, says sociologist Amy Schalet, is the extent of the conversation that  most American parents have with their teenagers about their sex lives. But research shows this hands-off attitude tends to promote unhealthy choices.

: Assistant professor of sociology at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and author of "Not Under My Roof."

: Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at  University of California, San Francisco.

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"Not under my roof." That, says sociologist Amy Schalet, is the extent of the conversation that  most American parents have with their teenagers about their sex lives. But research shows this hands-off attitude tends to promote unhealthy choices.


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