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    Hand-me-down Barbies, problematic opinions & talking to boys about equality
    Leah Jewett
    • Mar 3, 2020
    • 2 min

    Hand-me-down Barbies, problematic opinions & talking to boys about equality

    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?
    36 views
    Conversing with kids about consent
    Leah Jewett
    • Mar 3, 2020
    • 7 min

    Conversing with kids about consent

    We bring up children to be polite and to say: “Sorry I wasn’t able to eat all the carrots” instead of: “I didn’t like the carrots”
    98 views
    The good, the bad, the risky
    Leah Jewett
    • Feb 18, 2020
    • 3 min

    The good, the bad, the risky

    Silence about sex & relationships is not an option. Not saying much about it is saying something…
    91 views
    Let’s hear it from the girls
    Leah Jewett
    • Feb 4, 2020
    • 4 min

    Let’s hear it from the girls

    For years we’ve heard about the need to empower girls. But do they feel empowered?
    25 views
    Taking the plunge: how to talk openly with children about sex & relationships
    Leah Jewett
    • Jan 7, 2020
    • 4 min

    Taking the plunge: how to talk openly with children about sex & relationships

    Start the sex-ed conversation. You'll safeguard your children, shore up their mental health and in the process strengthen your connection…
    90 views
    ROUND-UP Parents & Sex Ed in the News 07.01.20
    Leah Jewett
    • Jan 6, 2020
    • 3 min

    ROUND-UP Parents & Sex Ed in the News 07.01.20

    The most interesting and relevant articles for parents on sex-education issues from 19 December 2019 to 6 January 2020 TALKING OPENLY 10...
    29 views
    ROUND-UP Parents & Sex Ed in the News 23.12.19
    Leah Jewett
    • Dec 23, 2019
    • 5 min

    ROUND-UP Parents & Sex Ed in the News 23.12.19

    The most interesting and relevant articles for parents on sex-education issues from 8 to 19 December 2019 TALKING OPENLY PETA TODD’S MUM...
    35 views
    Growth mindset: lessons from How to Grow a Grown Up
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    • Dec 15, 2019
    • 3 min

    Growth mindset: lessons from How to Grow a Grown Up

    Dr Dominique Thompson started as a university GP at the end of the last century, at which happy time Livin’ La Vida Loca topped the charts a
    107 views
    The parent protection factor: how talking openly can help with negative online experiences
    Leah Jewett
    • Dec 10, 2019
    • 4 min

    The parent protection factor: how talking openly can help with negative online experiences

    Results from interviews, focus groups and surveys with young people aged 10 to 20 by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse show...
    107 views
    Defining sex, upskilling parents and working with sharks: the 2019 Sex Education Forum conference
    Leah Jewett
    • Dec 10, 2019
    • 11 min

    Defining sex, upskilling parents and working with sharks: the 2019 Sex Education Forum conference

    The Sex Education Forum annual conference – held this year on 29 November and entitled Final Countdown to Statutory RSE (relationships...
    73 views
    Doing It Like The Dutch: what we learned
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    • Nov 19, 2019
    • 3 min

    Doing It Like The Dutch: what we learned

    Outspoken found the perfect way to launch its new online resource for parents last Tuesday at London’s Conway Hall.
    85 views
    Coming out the other side: young people, porn & sexting
    Leah Jewett
    • Nov 11, 2019
    • 8 min

    Coming out the other side: young people, porn & sexting

    Fill in the blank: “Porn is…” Subjective, massive and dangerous. This is what some of the 12 sexual-health professionals attending a...
    98 views
    Brainstorming the teenage years
    Leah Jewett
    • Nov 11, 2019
    • 5 min

    Brainstorming the teenage years

    What was the riskiest thing you did in your teens? What person, place or thing did you fall in love with as a teenager? And do you mind...
    49 views
    #NoScreensChallenge: two boys, one digital deal
    Leah Jewett
    • Oct 29, 2019
    • 2 min

    #NoScreensChallenge: two boys, one digital deal

    Two French ex-rugby star brothers turned ad-making directors, Michel and Nico, decided to set their 8-year-old sons a...
    21 views
    Game on: the benefits and dangers of screen time
    Leah Jewett
    • Oct 29, 2019
    • 2 min

    Game on: the benefits and dangers of screen time

    Is the time that children spend gaming, and generally being on screens, a bad or a good thing? Children aged 10 to 16 quizzed by the...
    13 views
    The sex ed generation gap
    Leah Jewett
    • Sep 16, 2019
    • 2 min

    The sex ed generation gap

    Common objections to talking openly to young people include: embarrassment; shame; culture and religion; worries over age appropriateness;
    41 views
    What I wish I’d known at 16… about power, consent & daring sex – by Meg, age 24
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    • Sep 16, 2019
    • 2 min

    What I wish I’d known at 16… about power, consent & daring sex – by Meg, age 24

    We asked MegL “What do you wish you’d known about sex & relationships at 16?” The answer made our hearts go out to her…
    21 views
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    Out and proud – mix ’n’ match who said what
    Leah Jewett
    • 4 days ago
    • 3 min

    Out and proud – mix ’n’ match who said what

    Mix and match the 9 celebs and public figures with what they said – to and about – LGBT+ people on coming out, being out and their family
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