What Should They Know – Adolescence

By this stage young people should be supported to:

Develop communication skills for healthy, comfortable relationships
Explore feelings & emotions
Explore their own sexual and gender identity gender and sexuality without labelling or harm
Delay first time sex until ready
Resist peer & media pressure
Develop confidence to make positive choices about sex, including the choice not to have sex
Develop negotiation skills around what feels right & safer sex
Be able to critically evaluate messages around sex, such as those found in pornography
Gain accurate information around contraception, Sexually Transmitted Infections and local services
Recognise that sex can and should be mutually pleasurable