s.e. smith

Taking charge of our own healthcare can be a daunting task. Here’s a toolbox to help you make sound decisions and get the best care possible.

I don’t think making condoms available is “condoning” sex. If providing condoms, all by itself, sends any primary message, I think the message is that were he to engage in sex, you think preventing unwanted pregnancy and the transmission of sexually transmitted infections is really important. I don…

Toni Weschler is the author of Taking Charge of Your Fertility, which is pretty much THE book for people who want to chart fertility.

Being inclusive of disabled people in sex education and sexuality as a whole benefits those of us who are disabled, but it also can benefit everybody.

Here’s a basic introduction and a shared conversation with adolescent therapist and author Dr. Lynn Ponton to clue you in on what to expect from the couch.

The mythical status of the hymen has caused far too much harm for far too long.

Placing a child for adoption as a birth mother makes “do you have any children?” hard to answer sometimes.

We hear so many horror stories about first-time sex. Perhaps it might be good therapy to read about a first time that went well.

Breakups sure can suck. But you can get through them, and come out on the other side okay.

A baby isn’t a bargaining chip. A baby is a very small, but very whole, person. Just like me, just like you. And a child deserves to be considered as a whole, actual person, not as an object to possibly get you what you want for yourself. What I hear you saying is that you are now feeling a very…