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Addictive Behavior and the Brain’s Reward Circuit
Addictive tendencies are extremely common among all types of people. Addiction can affect the lives of those addicted as well as those around them. Most people turn to these addictive behaviors as a coping mechanism, but if we teach our children positive coping...
How Can My Child (and I) Survive the Middle School Years?
By Amanda Grossman-Scott I’m ready. I mean, I think I’m ready. How can a parent ever be ready to send a child off to middle school? He says he’s ready. He’s got some new clothes, new school supplies, he’s had his annual physical and he’s gotten a haircut. “I’m fine...
Back to School Prep Takes More Than a Shopping Trip
By Amanda Grossman-Scott Your child may be well-supplied for the school year, and good for you! Perhaps after a few discussions with your child and with his or her school, your child will be prepared to get a good education this year as well. Last year my family made...
12 Important Skills Your Child Will Learn from Body Safety Education
By Jayneen Sanders As a teacher, a mother and an advocate for Body Safety Education both at home and at school, I am very proud and very loud about the work I do. As we know from recent media reports, many children have been and are silent victims of sexual abuse. In...
Teaching Consent. Starting Early and Simply.
By Tina Mattsson I have younger kids. My daughter is ten, and my son is seven. I hear a lot in the media about teaching consent and teaching our young men that no means no. And I always just assumed that was a lesson for my children in a few years. But in the past few...
7 Questions to Help You Get Closer With Your Teenager
By Megan Steyskal-Rondeau We can all remember some of the things we wondered about as teenagers: How do I know if I’m ready for sex? Is there a God? What’s up with morning wood? These are the fun and influential conversations we should be having with our teenager and...
Consent: Not Actually That Complicated (Clean Edition!)
Originally posted on March 2, 2015 By Rockstar Dinosaur Pirate Princess Reprinted and edited with permission. Illustration origination here. A short one today as my life is currently very complicated and conspiring against my preference to spend all of my days working...
6 Tips for Single Parents to Raise Confident Kids
By Elle C. Mayberry Despite all the scary statistics about children of divorced parents, psychologist E. Mavis Hetherington estimates 75 percent of them "do well after living through divorce." That's an inspiring statistic. And though it's not meant to undermine the...
4 Easy Steps To Develop Unhealthy Sexuality
By Shawn Tucker Messed up kids can be easier to deal with; here’s how to mess them up! So people talk a lot on this site about teaching children so that they can be successful in all aspects of their lives. But let’s face it—successful children can be a pain....
5 Basic Tips for Talking to Your Child About Sex
By Amanda Grossman-Scott Update: May 26, 2015-- With the accusations against and acknowledgment of wrong doing by a member of the reality-TV-famed Duggar Family I can't help but think that this is another result of many parents' fear of or refusal to discuss sexual...
The Easiest Way to Stop Human Trafficking? Stop Watching P*rn
By Megan Steyskal-Rondeau The six degrees between viewing pornography and creating victims to feed into the world of human trafficking is startling to say the least. How can a harmless internet search lead to an extreme violation such as sex slaves? Yes, sex slaves;...
Having the Sex Talks– When Kids Don’t Want to Listen
By Julia Bernards The last time I mentioned the word “sex” around my kids, they all cringed. As I continued, ear-plugging ensued, and finally, “can you just not use that word? It is so. . . ugh.” Clearly, my kids aren’t chomping at the bit for a chance to discuss...
This Mother’s Day- Celebrate By Showing Your Children How Much You Love Yourself
By Amanda Grossman-Scott It’s Mother’s day and I wouldn’t dream of making Moms feel guilty this time of year-- everyone knows we beat up on ourselves plenty the rest of the year! It’s exactly that subject that I’d like to address Moms about right now. Remember when...
Bodily Integrity: Teaching Your Child to Make the Best Choices for His or Her Body
By Caron C. Andrews and Amanda Grossman-Scott The body is a sacred garment. It’s your first and last garment; it is what you enter life in and what you depart life with, and it should be treated with honor. —Martha Graham Bodily Integrity is not a term we hear every...
