What Are Today’s Media Topics Doing To Your Kids?
7 years, 7 months ago

What Are Today’s Media Topics Doing To Your Kids?

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Access to complex or inappropriate material is easier than ever. Over the years the line between appropriate vs. inappropriate topics in the media seems to have blurred. And a great deal of TV available during what used to be considered family viewing hours makes sex seem like no big deal. The normalization of formerly off-limits topics like sexuality and sexual health has pushed many parents into having frank conversations with their children. Inappropriate advances, sexual conversation and images are all topics that many of us have been forced into discussing at an earlier age, and in a more direct manner than ever before.

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You Just Found Out Your Teen Is Having Sex. Now What?
10 months ago

You Just Found Out Your Teen Is Having Sex. Now What?

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Recently, I got a call from a friend of mine. Take A Pix Media via Getty Images Teens are generally less sexually active now than before the COVID-19 pandemic, but they face barriers to achieving optimal sexual health. These include a “lack of access to vital sexual health care services; lack of comprehensive sexual health education curriculum …

‘The Care & Keeping of You’ author and her podcast co-host break down puberty for today’s parents
1 year, 5 months ago

‘The Care & Keeping of You’ author and her podcast co-host break down puberty for today’s parents

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The average onset of puberty is about two years earlier than a generation ago. The book, out this week from Rodale, is written by pediatrician Cara Natterson, whose “Care & Keeping of You” series has sold more than 7 million copies, and Vanessa Kroll Bennett, a puberty educator and Natterson’s co-host of “The Puberty Podcast.” Collectively, they …

How To Talk To Your Teens About Sex : Life Kit : NPR
5 years, 1 month ago

How To Talk To Your Teens About Sex : Life Kit : NPR

NPR  

What your teen wishes you knew about sex education Enlarge this image Andrea D'Aquino for NPR Andrea D'Aquino for NPR Listen to Life Kit This story is adapted from an episode of Life Kit, NPR's podcast with tools to help you get it together. Lily says her mom, Electra McGrath-Skrzydlewski, told her that her breasts would likely begin to grow …

How To Talk To Your Kids About The Danger Of Sexting
5 years, 7 months ago

How To Talk To Your Kids About The Danger Of Sexting

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Photo by Eugene Chystiakov on Unsplash Kids may "sext" to show off or prove their love. While experts differ on statistics, a research report in the June 2019 edition of JAMA Pediatrics found that at least one in four teens receive sexually explicit texts and emails. Teens’ developing interest in sex, an impulse to experiment, and apps that make sexting …

The sexualisation of star kids damages our teens too
5 years, 11 months ago

The sexualisation of star kids damages our teens too

Firstpost  

A celebrity culture that endorses the sexualisation of minors can damage not just the underage ‘sex symbols’ themselves, but also the children who witness it Ajay Devgn’s outrage over the trolling of his 14-year-old daughter Nysa for an outfit she wore is understandable. “Ajay Devgn’s daughter Nysa Devgn’s swimsuit photo sets the internet on fire” said one headline. In a …

How Sex Educators Talk To Their Sons About Consent
7 years ago

How Sex Educators Talk To Their Sons About Consent

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LOADING ERROR LOADING With the rise of the Me Too and Time’s Up movements and mounting allegations of sexual misconduct against many high-profile figures across industries, it’s clear that our society is in need of some serious conversations about consent. “It’s important to introduce the concept early, so children start understanding that their bodies belong to them ― and that …

Teen sexting: pleasure is missing from the discussion
7 years, 1 month ago

Teen sexting: pleasure is missing from the discussion

ABC  

Sexting has increased among teens in recent years, and increases as youths age, according to new research published in JAMA Pediatrics. We know that young Australians are sexting, but local research shows that young people are predominantly sexting within the context of an intimate relationship. Online samples could over-report the incidence of sexting because young people who aren't sexting also …

Children as young as seven are sexting, research finds
9 years ago

Children as young as seven are sexting, research finds

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. More than half of teachers said they knew of pupils …

L.A. schools want kids to think before they sext
9 years, 6 months ago

L.A. schools want kids to think before they sext

LA Times  

L.A. Unified Police Chief Steven Zipperman, shown in March, said the district’s campaign will teach students about the dangers of sexting, including possible criminal violations of child pornography and obscenity laws. Two Los Angeles high school students are hanging out when a friend arrives with gossip: Someone texted a naked picture to a classmate and it was soon forwarded “all …

Sexting so widespread that child protection officers now investigate one case a day
9 years, 9 months ago

Sexting so widespread that child protection officers now investigate one case a day

Daily Mail  

Sexting has become normal behaviour among teenagers, the National Crime Agency has warned. The practice has become so widespread that child protection officers are investigating at least one case involving sexting every day, according to CEOP Command, the NCA's centre for tackling abuse. Head of safeguarding Zoe Hilton said staff at the centre receive reports of 'difficult and sometimes harmful' …

Watch Youtube? Then you probably SEXT: Study finds link between people who view music videos and send explicit texts
10 years, 3 months ago

Watch Youtube? Then you probably SEXT: Study finds link between people who view music videos and send explicit texts

Daily Mail  

Almost half of teenagers now send sexually explicit texts, photos or videos to their peers, and the rise has been blamed on the media. They found a strong link between teens who watch a lot of online porn and high levels of sexting, as well as a correlation between music videos and sexual messages. Teens who watched porn were more …

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