Children are impacted by not seeing characters like them represented in popular culture. So it’s important to have more diversity onscreen

Boys are told to be strong, tough, competitive, aggressive, the best. Be a leader. They’re ostracised if they show emotion or vulnerability

What do you say to boys to convince them that they should be good people? How do you teach anyone that what they’re doing is harmful?

For years we’ve heard about the need to empower girls. But do they feel empowered?

“Kids tied me down and freed me up…” Our favourite highlights from this year’s Pregnant Then Screwed Live conference

“I remember the day my daughter came home from nursery and said: Pink is for girls, blue is for boys,” says the co-founder of Lifting Limits

Start the sex-ed conversation. You'll safeguard your children, shore up their mental health and in the process strengthen your connection…

The most interesting and relevant articles for parents on sex-education issues from 19 December 2019 to 6 January 2020 TALKING OPENLY 10 Books Teens Want You...

The most interesting and relevant articles for parents on sex-education issues from 8 to 19 December 2019 TALKING OPENLY PETA TODD’S MUM SQUAD Peta Todd on w...

Approaching sex and relationships in a digital age is the theme of Sex Education for the 21st Century – the second Sexplain annual conference, held this year...

The Sex Education Forum annual conference – held this year on 29 November and entitled Final Countdown to Statutory RSE (relationships and sex education) – r...

Artist/activist Laura Dodsworth confronts inhibitions: for her Bare Reality book series she photographed 300 people’s breasts, penises and vulvas and recorde...

The most interesting and relevant articles for parents on sex-education issues from 25 November to 8 December 2019 TALKING OPENLY Why you should talk openly w...

What did student activists get their teachers to write about on Post-It notes? Why did a young sex-education campaigner talk about children dying? And what o...

The most interesting and relevant articles for parents on sex-education issues from 10 to 24 November 2019 TALKING OPENLY Gillian Anderson On Being the Best ...

Outspoken found the perfect way to launch its new online resource for parents last Tuesday at London’s Conway Hall.

The most interesting and relevant articles for parents on sex-education issues from 29 October to 10 November 2019 TALKING OPENLY Mother writes “lovemaking m...

Common objections to talking openly to young people include: embarrassment; shame; culture and religion; worries over age appropriateness;

Gynaecological cancer charity Eve Appeal recently made headlines with its revelatory survey of 1,175 parents. The ground-breaking results:

A woman’s torso sticks out from underneath a car, her skirt riding up her thighs. The Porsche slogan underneath it: “Attractive servicing”. In 2016 a Lloyds ...