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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...

Leah Jewett
Jan 6, 20203 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...

Leah Jewett
Dec 23, 20195 min read


Virginity, the checklist & chocolate croissants: Flo Perry & Rachel Fitzsimmons in conversation
You’ll have amazing chocolate croissants and amazing sex. What your first chocolate croissant is like doesn’t matter

Leah Jewett
Dec 23, 20195 min read


In the Wild West of young people’s digital lives: the 2019 Sexplain conference
Approaching sex and relationships in a digital age is the theme of Sex Education for the 21st Century – the second Sexplain annual...

Leah Jewett
Dec 10, 201910 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...

Leah Jewett
Dec 10, 20194 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...

Leah Jewett
Dec 10, 201911 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.

Sophie Manning
Nov 19, 20193 min read


Sex and the Santa simile: the wrath of prudish parents
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

Sophie Manning
Nov 14, 20192 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...

Leah Jewett
Nov 11, 20198 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...

Leah Jewett
Nov 11, 20195 min read


How to do it like Dutch parents: four tips from the world’s best sex educators
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...

Sophie Manning
Nov 1, 20192 min read


Teaching the children & educating the parents: a profile of teacher Kauser Jan
Fifteen years ago Kauser Jan, assistant headteacher at Bankside Primary school in Leeds, created a relationships and sex education (RSE)...

Leah Jewett
Oct 29, 20194 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...

Leah Jewett
Oct 29, 20192 min read


The sex ed generation gap
Common objections to talking openly to young people include: embarrassment; shame; culture and religion; worries over age appropriateness;

Leah Jewett
Sep 16, 20192 min read




