Herpes Pictures and Tips on Teaching Teens about STDs

Whether you are a youth director or a parent, it is important to be respectful of the human body when sharing pictures of herpes or other STDs. If you have a group of teenagers or preteens who are too giddy to handle learning about STDs by use of pictures, try one of these suggestions:

• separate the group into smaller groups;
• separate boys and girls;
• teach the group without pictures first, then introduce the pictures at the end of the session or at another time.

The image pictured here is of the herpes simplex STD. More herpes pictures can be found here. Warning: Some of the pictures are very graphic.