Summary

This special aims to open up the gateways of conversation between parents and teenagers about the subject of sex. Highlights of this program include the following segments: clips from the soap opera "General Hospital," which includes behind-the-scenes footage of how romance is made perfect on television; a visit with a young woman who discovered that her longtime boyfriend had been unfaithful to her; a conversation between New York students and actress/dancer Rosie Perez about sex and AIDS; comments by former Surgeon General, C. Everett Koop, about having to be the one to talk openly about AIDS; a discussion by a teenager from Oregon about her promiscuity and her recent discovery that she is HIV positive; footage of teen leaders in Georgia encouraging abstinence; footage of a young woman receiving the results of her HIV test; footage of teenage girl from Oregon and her boyfriend discussing their current sexual relationship; a visit to Portland, Oregon, where condom vending machines are in place around the city; footage of mothers and daughters participating in a program entitled "Girls Incorporated: Growing Together"; and a meeting of HIV-positive gay males. During this program the following subjects are also addressed: the difference between the dream world of television and the real world; why people have unprotected sex; the concept of trust; abstinence; teenage pregnancy; sexually transmitted diseases; condoms; parents talking to their children about sex; and educating homosexual youngsters. Includes commercials and promos.