by eekahost | May 8, 2017 | Communicate, Educators, Empower, Kids, Parenting, Prepare, Prevention, Take Action
By Lisa Shanklin, Communications Director, Educate and Empower Kids The popular Netflix series “13 Reasons Why” is still trending on Netflix. It was released a month ago and has been trending ever since, and it has a lot of psychologists and parents concerned. It was...
by eekahost | Apr 26, 2017 | Uncategorized
By Jessica Harris Have you ever caught your daughter watching porn? I don’t mean reading a romance novel or watching a chick flick. I mean watching hardcore pornography. Parents are typically aware of the potential of sons to find and watch porn. When it...
by eekahost | Apr 19, 2017 | Communicate, Kids, Media Savvy Kids, Parenting, Prevention, Take Action, Uncategorized
By Stephen Schroeder This article continues the needed discussion surrounding the ever evolving app list on your children’s phones. For more information on what we’ve deemed the most dangerous apps of 2017, click here. The difference...
by eekahost | Apr 4, 2017 | Communicate, Educate, Family Connection, Healthy Sexuality, Kids, Parenting, Prepare, Prevention
By Dina Alexander This post originally appeared on the Answering my kids’ questions openly and honestly has always been something I’ve prided myself on. Whether it was a question about sexual intimacy or anatomy or whatever, I almost always felt comfortable and...
by eekahost | Mar 30, 2017 | Communicate, Healthy Sexuality, Kids, Parenting, Prepare, Prevention, Take Action, The Effects of Porn
By Jessica Harris I was thirteen years old when pornography found me. I hadn’t gone looking for it. While online, researching for school, I found a video website filled with educational videos. Right there, mixed in with clips for children, was a hardcore porn... by eekahost | Mar 26, 2017 | About Us, body image
by eekahost | Feb 22, 2017 | Empower, Kids, Media Savvy Kids, Parenting, Prepare, Prevention, Take Action
By Kyle Roberts, MA It’s a new year and with it comes a new list of up and coming apps that are trending among teens.. As parents, it is important to be aware of what is out there to protect our kids from bullying, unwanted sexual messaging, location identification...
by eekahost | Feb 16, 2017 | Parenting, Prepare, Prevention
Chances are, your daughter has seen, and may be hooked on, pornography. By Lacy Alajna Bentley Even knowing your girls could have been impacted by pornography addiction is going to be news for many parents and caregivers. Having a plan will help you feel calmer as...
by eekahost | Feb 8, 2017 | Communicate, Educate, Healthy Sexuality, Kids, Media Savvy Kids, Parenting, Prevention, The Effects of Porn
This article is part two in a series. Here is part one for parents of OLDER children. By Dina Alexander, MS Whether it’s the commercials we see at the gym, trailers on Hulu or musical advertisements on ITunes, the newest installment of the Fifty Shades...
by eekahost | Feb 8, 2017 | Communicate, Healthy Sexuality, Intimacy, Kids, Media Savvy Kids, Parenting, Take Action, The Effects of Porn
This article is part one in a series. Here is part two for parents of YOUNGER children. By Dina Alexander, MS It doesn’t matter where you’ve been this month, whether it’s watching TV, Youtube, Hulu or even listening to Disney Pandora, movie trailers for Fifty...
by eekahost | Jan 16, 2017 | Communicate, Empower, Healthy Sexuality, Prevention, Take Action, The Effects of Porn
By Tina Mattsson When Jessica Neely was a 23-year-old youth pastor, she was raped. This traumatic event started her on a downward spiral into the pornography and sex industry that culminated years later with her as a Madame of her own escort agency and facing serious...
by eekahost | Jan 9, 2017 | Communicate, Educators, Empower, Kids, Nurture, Parenting, Prepare, Prevention, Take Action, Teaching Self-Worth, Uncategorized
By Cliff Park, MBA It’s that time of year when think back on all that we accomplished and consider things we would still like to achieve. This time of reflection helps us to recognize the many successes from the previous year and sometimes causes us to wonder what...