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Apr 15
5 min

Confidence tricks – how parents can talk about sex ed topics

If you’ve never had open conversations, it’s embarrassing. But break that cycle so that when your child is an adult they’ll want to talk

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Confidence tricks – how teachers can talk about sex ed topics

Leah Jewett

Apr 15
4 min

Confidence tricks – how teachers can talk about sex ed topics

Child-centred educational approaches see young people reverse-mentoring teachers and educating peers. So let your students do the talking

50 views

How to modernise relationships and sex education (RSE)

Sophie Manning

Apr 15
3 min

How to modernise relationships and sex education (RSE)

Create a safe space via ground rule and use hypotheticals to depersonalise charged topics. Humour and fun are the best diffusing mechanisms

30 views

How was it for you? Telling teens your past experiences

Jill Whitney

Apr 15
3 min

How was it for you? Telling teens your past experiences

Being open humanises you, it's not lecture-y, it normalises insecurities and it makes it easier for your child to be vulnerable with you

34 views

Watch The Conversation to have the consent conversation

Leah Jewett

Mar 18
10 min

Watch The Conversation to have the consent conversation

The men and boys I’ve watched the film with cringe because we inherently know what’s right or wrong even if we're conditioned to forget it

81 views

8 burning sex ed questions + 8 quick answers

Leah Jewett

Feb 18
2 min

8 burning sex ed questions + 8 quick answers

First look at your own experiences and values about love, intimacy, sex, relationships. Use correct terms for body parts. Be LGBT+ inclusive

28 views

Tough questions, quick answers and true-to-life paper dolls

Leah Jewett

Feb 18
11 min

Tough questions, quick answers and true-to-life paper dolls

One mantra I have with parents is: “The fact that you’re talking is important. You don’t have to do it perfectly, because you just don’t”

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Tech talk – how parents can manage sexting, porn and screen time

Leah Jewett

Feb 4
6 min

Tech talk – how parents can manage sexting, porn and screen time

A huge part of safeguarding your kids and improving their mental health involves having everyday conversations about sex and relationships

83 views

Digital romance & lockdown love – sexting expertise from Dr Emily Setty

Leah Jewett

Feb 4
14 min

Digital romance & lockdown love – sexting expertise from Dr Emily Setty

What does your child understand sexting to be? Maybe your daughter hasn't heard of dick pics; maybe your son isn't involved in image sharing

99 views

Take 10 – parent advice from International Sex Education Day founder Kim Cook

Leah Jewett

Jan 21
7 min

Take 10 – parent advice from International Sex Education Day founder Kim Cook

It pretty much hit me like a ton of bricks that parents need to talk openly at home. They’re their kids’ first health and sex educators

121 views

Getting rid of shame: parent advice from the Shameless Psychiatrist

Leah Jewett

Jan 6
7 min

Getting rid of shame: parent advice from the Shameless Psychiatrist

Instead of pretending sex doesn’t happen, talk about it. Tell your kids how babies are made as soon as they understand the concept of a baby

86 views

Hot topics to tackle – parent advice from the Global Teens doctor

Leah Jewett

Dec 10, 2020
9 min

Hot topics to tackle – parent advice from the Global Teens doctor

Role play is a great way to put kids in the hot seat. Say: “You’re with this good-looking guy at a party and you’ve both had a few drinks…”

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Porn, sexting, LGBT+ issues: a father-of-two quizzes Outspoken Sex Ed

Leah Jewett

Nov 26, 2020
10 min

Porn, sexting, LGBT+ issues: a father-of-two quizzes Outspoken Sex Ed

It’s rare for a man to base his public persona on being a dad. So it was interesting to hear what John Adams – the stay-at-home...

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Getting over ourselves – overcoming the embarrassment of talking with kids about sex

Leah Jewett

Oct 29, 2020
5 min

Getting over ourselves – overcoming the embarrassment of talking with kids about sex

Parents don’t talk to children about sex. Sometimes they are worried to open that box because: “Then they’ll go out and have lots of sex”

40 views

“I’m learning all the time” – Joe Gray on being a man who talks about menstruation

Leah Jewett

Oct 15, 2020
5 min

“I’m learning all the time” – Joe Gray on being a man who talks about menstruation

When I discuss periods, I’m met with a range of openness – some people are happy to talk and some are still confused as to why I’m there

191 views

Not a pretty picture – young people and body image

Leah Jewett

Oct 1, 2020
4 min

Not a pretty picture – young people and body image

“Hopefully one day people of all ages everywhere will realise they are so much more than their bodies” – girl aged 15-17

75 views

Naked truths – making a children’s book about bodies

Leah Jewett

Sep 3, 2020
6 min

Naked truths – making a children’s book about bodies

I wanted to show children normal bodies and that there’s loads of different ways to be and they’re all fine. I don’t want to be proscriptive

256 views

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

Leah Jewett

Aug 20, 2020
5 min

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…

66 views

Leah Jewett

Aug 6, 2020
6 min

Period positivity

Girls and boys hold onto lots of angst and myths about periods – they need permission to be able to talk about them. The stigma is so strong

94 views

Girls & body image – 6 ways to encourage confidence

Leah Jewett

Jul 20, 2020
3 min

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

92 views

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