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From the therapy room: how learning about sex in childhood can influence you as a parent

Leah Jewett

Aug 20, 20205 min read

From the therapy room: how learning about sex in childhood can influence you as a parent

Parenting is based on modelling. People often tell me: “I never heard my parents say the word ‘sex’.” That sent them a strong message…

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Girls & body image – 6 ways to encourage confidence

Leah Jewett

Jul 20, 20203 min read

Girls & body image – 6 ways to encourage confidence

Talk to your daughter. Aim to have healthy, positive and candid conversations focusing more on what our bodies do than on how they look

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Leah Jewett

Jul 9, 20203 min read

Lessons from 4 winning sex ed teachers

We make it clear: good sex (whatever that means to young people) can contribute positively to their wellbeing. Bad sex can do the opposite

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Screentime during lockdown – how kids see it

Leah Jewett

Jun 24, 20202 min read

Screentime during lockdown – how kids see it

How do kids age 12 to 16 feel their screen use is affecting them – and do they think parents can help them if they need it?

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Could Japanese cartoons teach your child sex ed?

Leah Jewett

May 14, 20208 min read

Could Japanese cartoons teach your child sex ed?

Anime gave me the confidence and understanding that sex and bodies are nothing to be afraid or ashamed of. I wish I’d known that growing up

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

Leah Jewett

Mar 3, 20202 min read

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?

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Leah Jewett

Mar 3, 20207 min read

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”

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Leah Jewett

Feb 18, 20203 min read

The good, the bad, the risky

Silence about sex & relationships is not an option. Not saying much about it is saying something…

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Leah Jewett

Feb 4, 20204 min read

Let’s hear it from the girls

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

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

Leah Jewett

Jan 7, 20204 min read

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…

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ROUND-UP Parents & Sex Ed in the News 07.01.20

Leah Jewett

Jan 6, 20203 min read

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...

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ROUND-UP Parents & Sex Ed in the News 23.12.19

Leah Jewett

Dec 23, 20195 min read

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...

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Growth mindset: lessons from How to Grow a Grown Up

Sophie Manning

Dec 15, 20193 min read

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

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

Leah Jewett

Dec 10, 20194 min read

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...

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

Leah Jewett

Dec 10, 201911 min read

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...

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Doing It Like The Dutch: what we learned

Sophie Manning

Nov 19, 20193 min read

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.

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

Leah Jewett

Nov 11, 20198 min read

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...

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Leah Jewett

Nov 11, 20195 min read

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...

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#NoScreensChallenge: two boys, one digital deal

Leah Jewett

Oct 29, 20192 min read

#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...

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Game on: the benefits and dangers of screen time

Leah Jewett

Oct 29, 20192 min read

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...

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