Search


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


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


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


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


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


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


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

-
- 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


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


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

-
- 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


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


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


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


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


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

-
- 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