Empowering Parents - Sexual Health, Relationships and your child.

I feel it is important to start by saying that I am not an expert on youth sexual health education, relationships or family life.   I am however a parent of a teenager and a school counsellor with 30 years of experience and an adult who cares about our youth.

Sexual health education is a very important topic.  In talking with our retired Family Life Teacher, she helped me to understand that much of what our youth are seeing on-line and in the media is scaring them and that many youth are terrified by the negative portrayal of sexual health and relationships.   I also spent some time talking with Merlin Horton, the Executive Director of the Safe On-line Outreach Society and her comment: If you don't talk to your kids about sex, there is someone on the web who will! 

I feel strongly that our youth, our children, need a safe trusting adult to talk to about sexual health and relationships.  They just want someone who will answer those questions that they have.  As the parent, we are still the ultimate source of wisdom for our children. 

Relationships and sexual health in the 21st century are different as a result of social media, television and the world wide web.

I am urging ALL PARENTS, CAREGIVERS AND GUARDIANS to take a strong stand in educating their child about sexual health and relationships...and continue to be the wisdom.

If you feel you would like or need some help with this topic,  have a look to the right of this post.  I have linked a few resources that might be helpful! 

There is also a really good youtube series called "Give It A Ponder" that might be a good springboard for you to having conversation with your child about being careful on what they send in a text message. This series by James Lipton Beard uses humour.  Check it out! 

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