We’ve searched high and low through all of the latest sex & relationships articles out there of interest to parents. Here’s our round-up…

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• What should children be taught about pornography, and who should teach them? (YouGov, 27/6/22)

• Child porn is at a viewing high, but is this the way to stop it? (Metro, 12/6/22)

• Emma Thompson, 63, says she finds young people’s expectations of sex “can be very disturbing indeed” due to “easy access to pornography” (Daily Mail, 9/6/22)

• Charlie Sheen now supports daughter Sami, 18, after she opened an OnlyFans account and says ex-wife Denise Richards has “illuminated” him following his initial disapproval (Daily Mail, 20/6/22)

• Controversial Movie Is Being Called The Most Honest Film Ever Made About The Porn Industry (Unilad, 10/6/22)

• Raised on Porn Documentary Details How Porn Ruins Children’s Lives and Their Relationships – includes link to 36-minute film (CNSNews – fastest-growing conservative website, 21/6/22)

• Children are being asked for nude pics and I don’t want this world for my daughter (The Courier, 27/6/22)

• Social media sex act spiralling out of control in Australia (The Australian, 20/6/22)

• Unsolicited explicit photos to teens form of abuse, say researchers (Stuff.co.nz, 19/6/22)

• Have You Had The “Sexting” Chat With Your Kids & Should Parents Take Online Safety Courses? – includes 7-minute Loose Women discussion (The Global Herald, 23/6/22)

• Dame Emma Thompson on importance of sex and female pleasure on screen in Good Luck To You, Leo Grande: “It’s something we’re so thirsty for” (Metro, 18/6/22)

• Emma Thompson: “Nobody Cares About Women’s Pleasure” (Glamour, 20/6/22)

• Utah Kept Them from Learning about Consent, So These Teens Found a Place to Have “the Talk” Together (Scientific American, 13/6/22)

• Billie Eilish Gets Candid About Her Relationship With Her Body AKA Her “Ugly Friend” (Elle, 22/6/22)

• “The hardest thing I’ve ever had to do” – how Emma Thompson came to accept her naked body (Daily Express, 24/6/22)

• Roe v Wade: The Supreme Court Overturns Landmark Abortion Ruling – includes 9-minute video Young People React to Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh  (Teen Vogue, 25/6/22)

• Keep Talking To Your Kids About Abortion – It’s More Important Than Ever (Romper, 24/6/22)

• How to discuss the overturning of Roe v. Wade with our kids (OnlySky, 12/5/22)

• How To Talk To Your Kids About Abortion (HuffPost, 24/6/22)

• Abortion With Pills: What is it? – 4-minute animation (amaze.org, 16/6/22) plus see the 4-minute What Is An Abortion? (amaze.org, 20/6/20)

• What To Tell Our Daughters – blog post by feminist Jessica Valenti (All In Her Head, 25/6/22)

• Libresse normalises menstrual health convos with interactive tour of the womb (Marketing Interactive, 13/6/22)

• 1 in 5 Aussie boys think periods should be kept secret (Canberra Weekly, 12/6/22)

• First periods can come as a shock. 5 ways to support your kid when they get theirs (The Conversation, 8/6/22)

• Why are girls starting puberty so early and what can parents do to support them? (Irish Examiner, 24/6/22)

• My son doesn’t want to eat anymore (Independent Australia, 19/6/22)

• I gave up dieting for my kids. Here’s why (CNN, 20/6/22)

• Sex Hormones and Your Teen’s Brain – 28-minute podcast (Talking to Teens, 12/6/22)

• Harry Styles wows 180,000 at concert – but his mum reveals she’s still his biggest fan (Mirror, 19/6/22)

• Customer hits out at supermarket giant Aldi for selling “sexist” children’s books: “We need the conversation to become non-binary”​ (Daily Mail, 14/6/22)

• Girls do like hard maths, says children’s commissioner for England (Guardian, 17/6/22)

• School BANS all pupils from wearing skirts under strict new “gender neutral” rules (Mirror, 11/6/22)

• Victoria College: Belfast girls school gives pupils trousers option (BBC, 22/6/22)Mail says builders have “gone woke” because they “talk about their feelings” (The London Economic, 19/6/22)

• This construction worker’s takedown of the Daily Mail’s “woke builders” story is important and supremely satisfying (The Poke, 21/6/22)

• Why are books on the English school curriculum still in the grip of straight, white men? (Guardian, 7/6/22) – plus reaction from End Sexism In Schools and 2 others: Children need more than this limited literary diet of white, male authors (Guardian, 14/6/22)

• How to talk to boys about being a boy (CNN, 10/6/22)

• Are You Raising A Misogynist? (Scary Mommy, 24/6/22)

• 75 Father’s Day Movies To Watch With The Father Figure In Your Life (Scary Mommy, 16/6/22)

• Louisa Rechenbach’s sensitive documentary They follows a family raising their child with a “gender open” approach – includes 10-minute film (It’s Nice That, 15/6/22)

• Fathers and Sons: Masculinity, Men, and Relationships (Psychology Today, 16/6/22)

• Michael Ian Black on Vulnerability, Masculinity and Teaching His Son to Be a Better Man (Next Avenue, 16/6/22)

• Being a good father means rethinking masculinity (Vox, 18/6/22)

• The Big Happiness Interview: How dads can reject toxic masculinity and be happier (Metro, 19/6/22)

• Father’s Day: Dads should let sons know there’s more to being a man than showing toughness (Akron Beacon Journal, 19/6/22)

• In Photos: Black Photographers on Black Fatherhood (GW Today – The George Washington University, 14/6/22)

• In Portraits of My Father, Antoine Didienne examines parenting, masculinity and love through photography (San Diego Union-Tribune, 19/6/22)

• One in 10 UK parents “would never speak to their child about what LGBT means” (Metro, 23/6/22)

• Condoms on cucumbers and Section 28: How LGBTQ+ education still needs to improve in schools (Metro, 19/6/22)

• MP praises Heartstopper for “saving lives” in trans conversion therapy ban debate (PinkNews, 14/6/22)

• Jake Daniels’ coming out will be "absolutely key" as UK celebrates 50 years of LGBT+ Pride (Mirror, 25/6/22)

• “The kids clapped me, the whole school”: Yorkshire head on telling pupils he’s gay (Guardian,14/6/22)

• Seattle Pacific University Student on Pride Flag Protest at Graduation (Teen Vogue, 16/6/22)

• “Powerful”: LGBT teens tell us we inspired them to come out, says reality stars who found love at first sight on telly (Irish Sun, 27/6/22)​

• Rebel Wilson Has Spoken Out For The First Time Since A Newspaper Sparked Backlash For Seemingly Trying To Reveal Her Sexuality (Buzzfeed, 13/6/22)

• “It’s time for you to live your life now as you want to”: Dame Kelly Holmes heaped with praise and hailed as an “inspiration” by documentary viewers after coming out as gay​ (Daily Mail, 27/6/22)

• Florida teen who staged walkouts over “Don’t Say Gay” introduces Joe Biden at White House Pride event  (Independent, 15/6/22)

• Fox News Pride Month Segment Leaves Conservatives “Stunned” (Townhall, 11/6/22)

• Long Island library reverses decision to ban LGBTQ displays from children’s section – includes 39-second news report (FOX 5 NY, 23/6/22)

• “This is not part of the curriculum’: Parents’ fury after its revealed NYC has spent more than $200k sending drag queens into schools to read to kids as young as THREE – sometimes without parental consent (Daily Mail, 12/6/22)

• “Not labelling yourself is safer”: LGBTQ+ young people on why they don’t label themselves – student voice (The Tab, 21/6/22)

• We Asked Young Queer People About Big Company Branding During Pride Month (Vice, 10/6/22)

• Dwyane Wade, Cynthia Nixon and More Celebrity Parents Supporting Their LGBTQ Kids (US, 7/6/22)

• How to have positive discussions about LGBTQ Pride with children (South China Morning Post, 11/6/22)

• Fiverr and Tiktok Stars, The Old Gays, Publish an Inclusive Children’s Book for Pride Titled “My Four Fabulous Uncles” – includes link to children’s ebook (Business Wire, 14/6/22)

• Rising number of LGBTQ youth explained by a “dash of trendiness” – conservative student opinion (Campus Reform, 16/6/22)

• Same-sex cartoon kiss shock?! Rightwing outrage is light years from real world (Guardian, 18/6/22)

• Lightyear’s anti-gay critics can buzz off, says Chris Evans (Guardian, 14/6/22)

• Field trip to Disney Pixar movie Lightyear canceled after parents upset over same-sex kiss (Wink News, 24/6/22)

• US Theatre Faces Backlash For Warning Over Same-Sex Kiss In Lightyear Film (Unilad, 24/6/22)

• Disney to feature its first gay teen romance in the upcoming animated film Strange World – includes 1.5-minute trailer  (Gay Times, 20/6/22)

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BOOKS

• Pride 2022: Interviews with Authors on Their LGBTQ+ Middle Grade Novels (Publishers Weekly, 14/6/22)

• ​20 best kids and young adult books by LGBTQ+ authors in 2022 (NBC News, 8/6/22)

• 12 books for kids and teens to read during Pride Month 2022 – by Canadian authors (CBC, 20/6/22)

• Summer reading: 5 books on the joys and challenges of LGBTQ teen and young adult life (The Conversation, 16/6/22)

• Primary-age children’s screen time went up by 83 minutes a day during pandemic – study (Guardian, 24/6/22)

• Covid lockdowns have caused a “global mental health crisis” in children due to “deep impact of school closures”, WHO admits (Daily Mail, 20/6/22)

• Youngsters trust politicians less than influencers to give truthful news – poll (Evening Standard, 19/6/22)

• Lawmakers Want Social Media Companies to Stop Getting Kids Hooked (Wired, 15/6/22)

• BYU study: How much screen time is too much for kids and parents? (Deseret News, 23/6/22)