Join Susie Brown and Sex Education Expert Scotney Young talk sex ed: global sex education standard disparities, age appropriate sex/gender education, helping parents with difficult (and awkward!) discussions with their tweens/teens, empowering teens for gender equality, & what you can do to support child safety.
Scotney Young: https://www.instagram.com/rootsandboundaries?igsh=b2VveThpankyZDgz
Scotney's website: https://www.rootsandboundaries.com/
Resources for parents:
- The Sex Education Answer Book: By the Age Responses to Tough Questions Kids Ask Parents About Sex: A definitive guidebook for parents for questions about sex & demystifying sex for parent & child.
- Kids Ask Script-building resource for parents/adults for conversations with kiddos around self-esteem, healthy relationships and making informed decisions.
- https://amaze.org/parents/- resources for parents & youth(8-14) about sexuality, bodies, and relationships
- Porn: fact or fiction - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdB2rmGqqNU&ab_channel=AMAZEOrg
- Guide to talking about porn: https://amaze.org/parents/guides/porn/
- https://parents.culturereframed.org/course/parents-of-tweens/ - Free self-guided programs on build kids' resilience & resistance to hypersexualized culture and impacts of pornography
- Sex ed for Christian parents - https://www.sexedreclaimed.com/
- Sex ed for Muslim parents - https://resources.muslimkids.tv/sex-education/
- Sex ed for Jewish parents - https://mizrachi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/HaMizrachi_Yom-Ha_Atzmaut_Israel_2021_58.pdf
- Great Podcasts: This is so Awkward puberty podcast (and great newsletter)
- Birds and bees and kids with Amy Lang
- Sex Positive Families: Massive database of sex-positive books and resources for every age.
- From Susie: https://www.youtube.com/@asklisapodcast all topics tween & teen related, including sex, drugs, hormones and study habits
Resources for educators:
- Rights, Respect, Responsibility: K-12 Sexuality Education Curriculum by Advocates for Youth based on US National Sex Education Standards https://3rs.org/download-3rs/
- Amaze: Age-appropriate videos providing medically accurate sex education for adolescents as determined by parents, educators and medical professionals. (annual free “Sex Ed Con” webinar for educators; all the past webinars are linked)
- https://www.joinonelove.org/our-education/ - intimate partner violence prevention organization - free healthy friendships and relationships for all ages lesson plans & training
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