March 2010 Archives
A concise article on the internet, porn, cybersex addiction and sexting, and how parents can help prevent access or help teens deal with what they've seen.
A simple comic book style video game from Canada and the UK, created with help from 8 teens. It asks several sex and STI (STD for you Yanks)-related questions. Get one wrong, and the Sperminator will get you! All questions seem to be true/false, and all answers have explanations. Not a bad tool.
http://tinyurl.com/y8hkmg9
Her book, Sex and Sensibility is a good, if a little difficult read, on my favorite topic!
My lovely colleague Vanessa Van Petten of www.radicalparenting does it again with a blog about monitoring kids online.
Read it here:
Can you say “yippee?” I know you can! Can you also say “Holy cow, is it really so bad out there for teens that the giant UNESCO is getting involved?” Sadly, I knew you could say that too.
Get this - Every year, more than 100 million young people between 10 and 25 develop STDs, and up to 4.4 million women between 15 and 19 seek abortions.
Hopefully, this will help. Although, it really needs to come from us, this comprehensive sex ed thing. So, what are you waiting for? Get crackin’ and get talkin’!
http://reproductiverights.org/en/feature/unesco-calls-for-comprehensive-sex-ed
