Teenage girls who have close relationships with their mothers
wait longer to have sex for the first time. According to a study
conducted by the Center for Adolescent Health and Development,
teenage girls who have close relationships with their mothers
wait longer to have sex for the first time. These girls are also
less likely to have sex when their moms strongly disapprove,
which suggests that mothers matter more than they might
sometimes believe. This study examined interviews with 2,006
teens ages 14-15 who said they were virgins. The same teens were
interviewed a year later, and 10.8 percent of the boys and 15.8
percent of the girls had had sex by the second interview.
Researchers also examined extensive interviews with their
mothers (fathers were not interviewed) to try to determine what
made the difference between those who became sexually active and
those who stayed virgins. The researchers found that often teens
do realize that their mothers disapprove of sex, and as a result
they are less likely to h