Leader: Beverley Hughes, the new children and families minister, was right this week in a Guardian interview to urge parents to become more involved in sex education with their children to reduce unwanted teenage pregnancies.
Reports of group sex, or 'daisy-chaining', among schoolchildren have turned the spotlight once again on the sexual habits of teenagers. Here, five young people tell Fran Abrams of their experiences.
Sex + teenagers = controversy. But Jan Barlow, head of Brook Advisory Service, tells Mary O'Hara that a 'hysterical' media won't stop the charity's confidential relationship service to young people.