Providing information and resources for parents, youth workers and educators to help kids navigate their sexuality.
According to a poll conducted by The Guardian’s Online Teaching Network, sexualized behavior and speech is evident in children as young as 5. Read the full article here.
Thee teen birth rate in America’s small towns is 63% higher than in its biggest cities, a new government report reveals. Read the article here.
“A lot of the time, dating apps make some pretty unfair assumptions about exactly who you’re looking for, and sometimes even who you are. While some dating apps are set up to match men with men or women with women and different combinations of that, a lot of dating apps aren’t set up for the reality of who’s using them.” Read the full article here.
The Stronger Marriages Blog shares 4 things every parent needs to know about porn, to enable healthy and honest conversations with their kids. Read the full article here.
Lack of sex ed, fearlessness and not getting tested are to blame. Read the article from Time here.
Ariel Bogel talks to teen boys about cyberbullying, and suggests some solutions to the problem. Read the full article here.
A sociologist reveals her research about ‘ring by spring’ culture on a Christian college campus for Christianity Today. Read the article here.
A pastor in Georgia was fired from his position as a state district health director, and was asked to turn in his sermons to the state. Read the full article here.
Activist Gail Dines speaks about the damaging effects that porn has on body image, relationships, and shares some shocking facts regarding the industry. Read the full article here.
A radio presenter and author from Great Britain, Jenni Murray, suggests that schools abolish sex ed, and instead show “approved” pornography and analyze it with students. Read the full article here.
Author J. Parker shares some helpful tips on using this election to talk to their kids about sex. Read the full article here.
Family counselor Justin Coulson shares some helpful tips on teaching boys to respect girls at a young age. Read the full article here.
The “red zone” is a period from the beginning of fall semester to about Thanksgiving break when sexual assaults on U.S. college campuses seem to spike. Although every student, regardless of age or gender, is at risk, freshman females are the most vulnerable.
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As college students cope with concerns about grades and fitting in, they are also confronting one of the most painful issues playing out on their campuses every day — sexual assault.
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Walt Mueller writes a guest blog post about pornography for Youth Specialtieis. This post is a great start to the conversations he’ll be navigating in his seminar at the upcoming National Youth Workers Convention: PERVASIVE PORNOGRAPHY AND YOUTH MINISTRY.
Social media is known to cause body image issues, but the author suggests that the more people understand the social media world, the less likely they are to make comparisons with the images they see on social media. Read the full article here.
We all worry about how internet pornography and other sexualizing influences affect children. But good research on the causes and consequences of that exposure is hard to come by.
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A number of states recently have dedicated more money to educating women and health care providers about the 99 percent effectiveness of long-acting, reversible forms of contraception, like the intrauterine device, or IUD. Read the article here.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recently released a new guideline regarding harmful sexual behavior among young people. Though ordinarily used by licensed practitioners and professionals, volunteer workers and leaders are encouraged to use the resource as well. Read the full article here.
The state of California approved the gender-neutral bathroom bill, meaning all single-stall bathrooms in California will have a gender-neutral sign by March of 2017. Read the full article here.