Providing information and resources for parents, youth workers and educators to help kids navigate their sexuality.
Don’t miss opportunities to talk with your teen about sex and relationships. Data shows that parents have the greatest influence of anyone in teens’ lives on their decisions about sex. Read the article here.
The brain’s natural safeguards are under construction during childhood and adolescence, and this has implications for the impact of pornography on young people’s brains. Read the article here.
Fight the new drug highlights a frightening link between porn usage and sexual trafficking. Read the full article here.
The Columbus Dispatch talks about the prevalence of “Secret Digital Lives” among teenagers. Read the full article here.
Fight the New Drug shares information about a disturbing new trend, “Upskirting” and speaks about how porn culture has influenced it. Read the full article here.
Young people today, especially Gen Zs, are more open-minded about definitions of gender, and are using style as a means to express their beliefs. Read the report here.
Human trafficking doesn’t just happen in big cities, it happens everywhere and a big part, according to Michigan State Police, is because of social media. Read the article here.
In the constantly changing dating climate, it’s important to be aware of the terms that teenagers are using around relationships. Freckling is one of the newest trends to be aware of. Read the full article here.
Fight The New Drug shares an article talking about the problematic instant-gratification tendencies that come from porn use. Read the full article here.
Time Magazine shares thoughts on the effects of cell phone use on our memory, human interaction, and meaning in relationships. Read the full article here.
Fight The New Drug shares 8-need-to-know facts about sexting and revenge porn. Read the full article here.
From the article in The Washington Post:
“So many Christian churches in the United States do so much good — nourishing the soul, comforting the sick, providing services, counseling congregants, teaching Jesus’s example, and even working to fight sexual abuse and harassment. But like in any community of faith, there is also sin — often silenced, ignored and denied — and it is much more common than many want to believe. It has often led to failures by evangelicals to report sexual abuse, respond appropriately to victims and change the institutional cultures that enabled the abuse in the first place.”
Read the rest of the article here.
Fight the New Drug shares 9 issues that porn culture is making worse in high schools. Read the full article here.
In the ever-changing world of dating, it’s important to understand the language and terms around relationships. Read the full article here.
Relevant Magazine shares the eye-opening reality of porn’s popularity in an article highlighting the excessive traffic many porn site receive on a daily basis. Read the full article here.
Knowing the signs of domestic abuse and controlling behavior is incredible important for young people, especially young women. Read the full article here.
They still report depression and anxiety at high levels as they say their schools and families aren’t willing or able to meet their needs. Read the article here.
The rise in popularity of livestreaming apps is putting young teens and pre-teens at growing risk of becoming victims of sex predators and distributors of child porn, advocates say. Read the article here.
If you’ve heard your kids talking about being “cricketed,” this is what they’re referring to. Read the full article here.
Even if young adults don’t agree with the idea that men who “score” with lots of women are more popular, they still know about it and are shaped by it. Read the full article here.