Sex and Young People: The Knowledge to Guide the Teenager in Your Life is aimed at teenagers before they get to the stage where it's too late to advise or help them. It relies on practical information rather than scare tactics and because of this it is ideally suited for parents, teachers and carers to read so that they might have a better understanding of how best to present the facts to teenagers. It deals not only with facts and figures, but with the emotional aspects of sexual growth. Sexual ignorance has sadly ruined many teenage lives through unplanned pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases and bad experiences. Carmel Wynne aims to raise awareness in teenagers so that they realise that sex is not just a physical experience, but something that will affect their whole life. She underlines the risks of premature sexual activity so that choice and decision making will enter into the equation. Emphasis is put on informing teenagers before they start having sex, rather than coping with the aftermath. There is no escaping from the fact that sexual experimentation is starting at a younger age than parents/teachers/carers would like to acknowledge.

The idea is to accept this reality.