A Conversation: Navigating Difficult Conversations with Your Kids 5 Helpful Hints on How to Have Difficult Conversations with your Kids (Part 2) Pornography (ages 5-11) Pornography (ages 12-17) Monitoring Your Child’s Devices Teen Sexting
A Conversation: Navigating Difficult Conversations with your Kids After conducting several workshops to parents, counsellors and caregivers on topics like Teen Sexting, Navigating Social Media, Pornography, Anxiety, Attention Disorders and the impacts of ongoing technology I have often been left with the question: Howdo I talk to my kid about these subjects? As […]
The teen culture surrounding sexual expression and expectations has changed drastically since the 90’s. With almost unlimited access to technology comes big, powerful, and instant change. Those of us who grew up as teens in the 90’s (or earlier) learned to navigate relationships through hand written letters, folded nicely and passed along friends. Now the […]
Parenting in a Media Saturated World The world where children have access to shows, games, instant messaging, pornography and skype is an intense world to be a parent. This world, the one with reality and virtual reality, is foreign to most parents. Sure, we’ve navigated it ourselves as young adults, learning what it means to […]
Approaching a conversation about pornography with children ages 12 to 17 is challenging for the most solid, trained communicator. It involves initiating a conversation that you can almost count on being awkward. Whether your teen will respond with complete silence or have what might be viewed as a toddler-type melt down (throwing things, slamming doors, […]