Peer pressure and the desire to be popular are major issues for young teens. Peers remain a primary source of sexuality education. Early adolescents may be obsessed with their physical appearance. Experimentation in sexuality, substance use, and other risky. The need for assertiveness skills (i.e., the right to say no) is important. One quarter to one half of young teens have become sexually active. Exposure to sexually explicit and violent media is common. Young teens are emotionally labile. Still often concrete in their thinking, it is difficult for young teens to assess the potential for danger in their experimentation. Education about STDs, HIV, and contraception is a priority. Many teens, particularly boys, are still developing and continue to question their “normality.” The highest proportion of sexual abuse occurs in early adolescence. Children who have been sexually abused are at the highest risk for teen pregnancy.