Parenting Self-Efficacy Scale – PSES

I can always explain to [my child] what is happening when a girl has her period.

I can always explain to [my child] why a person should use a condom when he or she has sex.

I can always explain to [my child] ways to have fun without having sexual intercourse.

I can always explain to [my child] why [my child] should wait until [my child] is older to have sexual intercourse.

I can always explain to [my child] that [my child] should use condoms if [my child] decides to have sexual intercourse.

I can always explain to [my child] why wet dreams occur.

I can always explain to [my child] how to put on a condom.

I can always explain to [my child] how to use birth control pills.

I can always explain to [my child] how birth control pills keep girls from getting pregnant.

I can always explain to [my child] what I think about young teens having sex.

I can always explain to [my child] how to tell someone no if [my child] does not want to have sex.

I can always explain to [my child] how to make a partner wait until [my child] is ready to have sex.

I can always explain to [my child] how someone can get AIDS if they don’t use a condom.

I can always explain to [my child] where to buy or get condoms.

I can always explain to [my child] where to buy or get birth control pills.

I can always explain to [my child] how to tell if a girl or boy really loves [my child].

I can always explain to [my child] how to resist peer pressure to have sex.