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Does Your Child Have this App? One San Antonio Mom’s Story
By Dina Alexander, MS I'm an involved mom. I go to school functions, I check my kids backpacks, I volunteer for field trips, I ask my kids how their days go—Like most of you, I do my best. I also try to believe the best about school administrators. Even with all my...
Parent Dictionary: Search Engine Terms
Often, pornographic videos or erotica use keywords to identify their content to appeal to specific users–some of those terms can be ambiguous or misleading. It might be necessary for you to use this guide as a reference to decode some of the terms you are finding in your computer’s search history or simply to increase your own understanding on the topic.
A Lesson About P*rnography- for ages 8-11
At this young age, it is especially important that children develop a healthy sense of their own bodily integrity. As such, arbitrary rules regarding nudity such as “It is always bad to be naked” can cause unintentional damage by promoting an underlying sense of shame...
8 Dangers of Sexting—and What Parents Can Do
By Kyle Roberts, MA Author’s note: For the purpose of these articles, we will define sexting as the sending and receiving of sexually explicit messages— text or images. We often think of sexting as primarily happening through text messaging on a cell phone. However,...
Lesson: Teaching our Kids Smart Clothing Choices and Modesty
Dignity refers to the quality of being worthy of honor and respect. It’s also about our appearance, our intentions, our personal responsibility, and ultimately the extent to which we respect and represent ourselves. In regard to this lesson, we’re going to focus on...
6 Reason Why Kids Sext
By Kyle Roberts Author’s note: For the purpose of these articles, we will define sexting as the sending and receiving of sexually explicit messages— text or images. We often think of sexting as primarily happening through text messaging on a cell phone. However, now...
Protecting Special Needs Children from Unwanted Sexual Attention
By Carolyn Graham It can be a parent’s worst nightmare, and it happens way too often. Sexual abuse of children. Something we'd rather not discuss because of its horrific nature, but something we must discuss if we are to safeguard our children from the devastating...
A Lesson About P*rnography- for ages 3-7
Our children are bombarded with sexualized messages and images on a daily basis, beginning at a young age. Many of these images and messages are teaching your child lessons about sexuality and interactions between people that are misleading, incomplete and...
New Book Simplifies Talking With Kids About the Dangers of P*rn
By Dina Alexander, MS En español aquí Sometimes we put off or avoid important conversations because they are challenging, they are embarrassing, we have no idea where to begin, or we are scared we will screw it up. These are common concerns we have heard from...
Translating Slang for Parents
By Kyle Roberts, MA This is the 2nd of four articles in our Parent Translation series. See for a list of the most common emojis used in sexting. See part 3 for a list of porn specific terminology. And check back as we will be adding information on common text...
Don’t Forget the Mind-Body Connection When Strengthening Your Kids
By Amanda Grossman-Scott I wasn’t the most active child. Given the choice between sitting on the sofa and riding my bike, I was more apt to settle in for a nice couch-potato session. I liked organized sports but rarely exercised alone, intentionally. When my...
Parents, Do You Know the Most Common Emojis Used in Sexting?
By Kyle Roberts, MA This is the 1st of four articles in our Parent Translation series. for a list with definitions of the most common slang words used in texting. See part 3 for a list of porn specific terminology. And check back as we will be adding information on...
Sneak Peek from Conversations with My Kids: Racism and Tolerance
Sneak Peek from Conversations with My Kids: 30 Essential Family Discussions for the Digital Age Today’s world is a lot smaller than it used to be! Over the past 100 years, we have gained the ability to cross more borders and meet more people than ever...
Sneak Peek: Overcoming Fears, from Conversations with My Kids
Sneak Peek from Conversations with My Kids: 30 Essential Family Discussions for the Digital Age To overcome our fears, we often have to take the initiative—this means not waiting for others to solve our problem. Taking initiative in our lives doesn’t...
