Talking dating and sex with your pre-teen or teenager can be nerve-wracking, and your inclination may be to avoid it altogether — after all, won't TikTok and P*rnhub teach them eventually? Ugh, no, stop it. Shafia Zaloom, author of "Sex, Teens & Everything in Between" (www.shafiazaloom.com) tells us we should consider changing the focus from drowning our kids in warnings and scary stuff to talking up the plus side of healthy, consensual relationships and sex.
Read MoreWhen the pandemic started in March, I was talking to kids about how it was impacting, how they connecting and at the same time the Black lives matter movement that was happening. There was a lot of media attention that being given in this. Light being shined on the systemic institution, the racism that existing in our country, on a personal, interpersonal, institutional level.
Read MoreIf you’re a parent or a guardian of a teen, this episode is a must. So much has changed on the sexual landscape. There’s porn, hookup culture, social media, and so many other influencing factors. How do you talk to your adolescent to keep them safe and making good decisions? What do they need to know? What do you need to know?
Read MoreI had never talked to my daughter about how consent skills can be applied in non-sexual situations, which can feel entirely different to young people. It’s an important conversation for parents to have with their college students before and during their time in college—ideally before you get that SOS text.
Read MoreThere are lots of different ways in which we learn about our relationships as we grow up. And I don’t think that there’s one single way that there’s that one formula that tracks down this particular type of person. And I think that everyone who knows about human development or on a psychological development will agree that there’s actually a variety of those who come together.
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