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Your child, your connection to them, the sex ed landscape
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NEWS YOU CAN USE
Davina McCall on her children & puberty
“Even down to waxing my privates, when my children were going through puberty and therefore their bodies were changing, I kept everything there bar, like, a bikini wax just to show them what they had was normal, because Mummy’s got it too… We talked about the reality of what boys expect in a girl’s body and what girls’ bodies actually look like’’
Davina McCall “didn’t wax pubic hair” so her children “didn’t think they were disgusting” during puberty (Metro, 10/9/20)
MAYDAY MOMENTS
“How did the baby get in your tummy?”
Your 5-year-old is going to have a new sibling
What do you say?
TIPS BY TOPIC
Browse information, advice and resources on every topic under the sex & relationships sun
Making babies, puberty before it hits and
teenage development
Seeking out healthy, respectful relationships from childhood on
Knowing what you like
and being able to tell others what you want
The impact of porn on kids’ attitudes & behaviour and navigating sexting
Becoming who you are
and accepting others’ sexual identity
Critical thinking and resilience in the face of limiting stereotypes
TIPS BY AGE
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Mother Pukka founder Anna Whitehouse
“The best support and protection parents can offer young people is ensuring they have all the information they need to make decisions about their health, body, sexual exploration and emotions – which is what Outspoken is all about”
Sara Pascoe – comedian, author and member of Outspoken Advisory Board
”As a parent I felt enabled and empowered to have age-and-stage appropriate conversations with my children after the Outspoken Sex Ed workshop. This suddenly felt like a challenge I could take on with gusto rather than shying away from”
Dr Pooky Knightsmith – child and adolescent mental-health expert and author
“This is wonderful work and very much needed”
Dr Naomi Sutton – NHS sexual-health consultant on E4’s The Sex Clinic
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