New Qualifications and Curriculum Authority guidelines suggest thatchildren write a problem page and discuss material in teenage magazinesin school.
The authority also encourages teachers to talk to children about a widerange of family relationships including same-sex parents and children incare. And it suggests that children be taught how to stay safe ininternet chatrooms.
Chantelle Horton, deputy editor of teen magazine Bliss, said its surveysshow that about 70 per cent of its readers got advice on sex andrelationships from the magazine and only 11 per cent felt theirclassroom sex education was good enough.
"In the past maybe (the Government) turned away from magazines andthought the message was about promiscuity. But now it has realised themessage is responsibility and, by getting involved, we can help," shesaid.
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