Mother-Child Relationships and Adolescent Sexual Activity: Exploring Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Differences • Amanda T. Berger, University of Maryland ; Sandra Hofferth, University of Maryland

Teens’ Decisions about the Transition to Sex: Negotiating Competing Normative Systems • Christie Sennott, University of Colorado at Boulder ; Stefanie F. Mollborn, University of Colorado at Boulder

Parenting Practices and Sexual Risk-Taking in a Sub-Saharan African Context: What Can We Learn from a Life Course Perspective? • Estelle Sidze, Université de Montréal

Parenting Strategies and Teenage Pregnancy • Christine Tucker, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Krista Perreira, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Carolyn Tucker Halpern, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill