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”

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

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

Education professionals gathered together on 22 January 2020 to work out how to bring in new relationships, health and sex education (RSHE) policies seamless...

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...

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.

I hear the analogy drawn between Santa and sex ed all the time. Santa and the Baby Tree are the same: convenient, gentle, magical myths

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...

Fill in the blank: “Porn is…” Subjective, massive and dangerous. This is what some of the 12 sexual-health professionals attending a workshop on pornography ...

Your 3-year old comes out of the bathroom holding a tampon and asks: “Can I have this?” – or a porn ad pops up on the computer while you’re watching YouTube w...

Fifteen years ago Kauser Jan, assistant headteacher at Bankside Primary school in Leeds, created a relationships and sex education (RSE) curriculum for years...