So here’s my overview from last Thursday and Friday’s conversation on sexting:
Yes, it can be problematic, as can almost any form of communication.
Texting is (currently) a ubiquitous communication method, and it doesn’t appear to be going anywhere anytime soon, so as parents, teachers, and caring adults, we have to make our peace with it.
Texting about [...]
Yesterday I wrote about sexting, in the original, text-based sense. Today I get into those terribly troubled waters when teenagers send sexual images - either stills or video - of themselves.
I’m hesitant to write about this topic, which is perhaps telling in and of itself. I write about a lot of controversial issues [...]
I’ve been asked a number of times in recent months what I think about sexting. So finally: my long-awaited response!
There’s two different kinds of “sexting” that need to be addressed, and the issues are so substantially different that they need two separate conversations. So today I’m going to address text-only texts, e-mails, and [...]
I recently went over physiology and anatomy with my college students. Afterward, one of the young men thanked me. He was clear and direct:
“Thank you for teaching me what is inside a girl’s body. I never knew, but I really wanted to know. It’s always been a mystery to me how things happen up in [...]
I was contacted today by an amazing group: PURE: Public Urban Ritual Experiment. They have an upcoming show, where the dancers reflect on their body image as it developed over their life spans. It sounds completely amazing, and if anyone wants to fly me to New York next weekend, I am totally there. If you [...]
I have a lovely little jar that I pass around my college classes. I call it my Jar’o’Sex. When I pass the jar around, each student must write an anonymous question and put it in the jar. Often the semester starts off with lots of questions, and then they slow to a trickle and eventually [...]
Dear Friends,
I’ll be frank: I understand that the young people in your family are probably very busy, far too busy to enroll in another class. I know your kids are going to be tapped-to-the-extreme this year. I also know that most - not all, but most - young people have an absolute need to have [...]
If you follow me on Twitter, you know I spent a few weeks this summer in Germany with my two kids visiting my mother. It was a lovely vacation.
Here are some things I noticed that struck me as very different from America, and of interest in this space:
Swimming (or Comfort with bodies and sexuality)
Germany has [...]
