Providing information and resources for parents, youth workers and educators to help kids navigate their sexuality.
Healthcare providers and parents should begin talking to adolescents in middle school about healthy romantic and sexual relationships and mutual respect for others, a doctors’ group urges. Read full article here.
Article talks about online and virtual reality games that have access to viewing pornography. Read article here.
Sextortion is the fastest growing crime against teens today. This is when people hold sexting photos and content for ransom. Read full article here.
Chicago Tribune addresses that sexual offenders are sometimes children themselves, and how important healthy sexual education from a young age in order to prevent this. Read full article here.
Covenant Eyes shares some advice around talking to the parents of your child’s porn-viewing friend. Read full article here.
You’re probably taking great steps to safeguard your kids against pornography. Have you thought about how pornography may be affecting their friends? Read the article from Protect Young Minds here.
Harris has released a statement apologizing for I Kissed Dating Goodbye and announcing that he will be discontinuing its publication. Read the article here.
Forty percent of all births in the U.S. now occur outside of wedlock, up from 10 percent in 1970. Read the article here.
Despite some parents’ fears, girls who get vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV) do not see it as permission to have sex, a new study finds Read the article here.
Staysafeonline.org shares common phrases communicated with emojis and why parents should be aware. Read the full blog here.
Younger siblings are less likely than firstborns to hear about the birds and the bees from their parents, a new study suggests. Read the article here.
Nicholas Black from Harvest USA talks pornography in marriage, and shares how destructive it can be. Read the full article here.
Fight The New Drug talks Instagram and how despite their “no nudity” policy, there is lots of pornographic material available on the app. This is helpful information for parents who aren’t aware of the downsides to the app. Read the full article here.
“Fast sex, slow love” is the term being used to describe the lenient dating habits of the next generation. Read the full article here.
New research from Brigham Young University family life professor Laura Padilla-Walker suggests that when it comes to your teens, one vague and generic conversation about sex is not enough. Read the article here.
Young adults not only marry and have children later than previous generations, they take more time to get to know each other before tying the knot. Read the article here.
Laura Padilla-Walker talks about having “the talk” and why you should enter that conversation more than once. Read the full article here.
Your teens calculator app? It could be a digital safe, hiding photos they don’t want you to see. Read the article here.
Today.com talks about boundaries, self-control, and consent with teenagers… and how important it is to have these conversations. Read the full article here.
Cleveland Clinic shares 4 things that may be affecting your daughter’s body image. Read the full article here.