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Jennifer M. Grossman, Senior Research Scientist in Family, Sexuality and Communication, Wellesley College

Dads today talk more freely with their teens about sex and relationships

Compared to the previous generation, fathers now are more likely to be involved in their teens' lives. The Good Brigade/DigitalVision via Getty Images

For many dads, talking with their teenager about sex and relationships can feel like a minefield.

Popular culture doesn’t provide many good examples of how to have these conversations, and many fathers didn’t have these conversations at all with their own fathers.

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