Mental-health campaigner George Hodgson, 25, of conversation-starting T-shirt label Maison de Choup, discusses parents, kids and opening up

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

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

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

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

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

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

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”

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

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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

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

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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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”

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

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

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

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

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