Providing information and resources for parents, youth workers and educators to help kids navigate their sexuality.
Is TikTok safe? How does it work? And can I do a duet with my kid? Chances are, your kids are spending (or wanting to spend) some time on this app during quarantine. Common Sense media shares everything you need to know about this popular musical singing and sharing app. Read the full article here.
Meeting online has been a real lifesaver for many kids during the quarantine, but it’s still important for parents to make sure their online interactions are safe. Read the full article here.
Fight The New Drug talks about the Porn usage spike that’s happened during the Coronavirus crisis, why that’s a big problem and what we can do about it. Read the full article here.
Protect Young Minds talks about screen time and the adolescent brain, and teaching kids healthy tech habits. Read the full article here.
With tech companies’ moderation efforts constrained by the pandemic, distributors of child sexual exploitation material are growing bolder, using major platforms to try to draw audiences. Read the full article here.
Apologist and author Josh McDowell says that pastors and the church must step up and have conversations around pornography for Christians in isolation. Read the full article here.
We need to take a very proactive approach to prevention. Read the article here.
Planned Parenthood felt it’s sex ed chatbot wasn’t getting enough questions, then a YouTube campaign called Roo High School—a winner of Fast Company’s 2020 World Changing Ideas Awards—helped spread the word. Read the article here.
Teenagers seeking an abortion now have a text line to “help” them navigate parental consent laws and get legal and financial assistance. Read the article here.
Learning about the tactics and tricks child predators use will help parents be more aware. Read the article here.
Pornhub recently gave premium access to all individuals being quarantined in Italy for the Coronavirus. Read the full article here.
Coping mechanisms that help adolescents thrive and do well, even in the face of stress and adversity, are important to preventing interpersonal violence. Read the article here.
Pornography is manipulating the way children think and feel about sex… kids need a powerful and persuasive comparison between healthy sex and porn sex. Read the full article here.
Online dating has grown in popularity, but many young women report experiencing some form of harassment on these platforms, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey. Read the article here.
In a letter to U.S. Attorney General William Barr, Ben Sasse called for the Justice Department to investigate Pornhub, the 34th most popular website in the United States. Read the full article here.
Overall, LGBQ teens face roughly twice the risk of physical violence compared with straight youth, the surveys revealed. Read the article here.
State senators voted overwhelmingly, 22-3, to approve a bill that would make it a felony for doctors and other medical providers to prescribe hormone blockers or surgeries for minors seeking to treat gender dysphoria. Read the article here.
As if being a teen mom isn’t hard enough, two-thirds of young mothers are grappling with at least one mental health issue, researchers say. Read the article here.
Visa, Mastercard, and Discover partner with the pornography industry… despite it’s clear ties to sex trafficking and rape. Read the full article here.
Mirroring other Western countries, the nation of Sweden has documented an astronomical rise in gender dysphoria diagnoses among teenagers in the past decade. Read the article here.