Dear Students,
When you want to talk about some of the more delicate issues in your own sexuality or your children’s sexuality, it is fine for you to say that these issues actually belong to your friends or your friends’ children. I’m really fine talking in those terms. I will go out of my way to [...]
Archives for relationships
An open letter to my students, young and old
Say “No.” But nicely.
On of the activities I do with my middle school students is have them role-play saying “No” to sexual advances and requests for a date. I do this not because I think they are in the thick of needing to say no to would-be-suitors and would-be-sexual partners, but because they will eventually be in the [...]
The confluence of sex and alcohol
Earlier this week I was at SXSW Interactive, where I spoke about sex education online. I had a great time attending panels, networking, meeting people, and generally geeking out on social media and technology. During the off-hours, there were parties with lots of free alcohol that went on late, late, late into the night.
I wonder [...]
Today’s ruminations on age
“How old ARE you??”
“You have KIDS??”
“Wow, I never would have guessed.”
At this International Women’s conference, they have decided to group youth (high school) and young adults (19 through 35 years old) together into a social group they call YAYAs (Youth And Young Adults). This means that I am technically a young adult, and that my [...]
How to do it: in the words of a young adult
I have recently been drawn into a conversation about teenagers, sexuality, and online activities on a massive e-mail group. The conversation was started by a father posting a link to this Daily Mail article about the excessive promiscuity and online sexual activity teenagers are regularly engaging in. I was unimpressed by the article - and [...]
Top Ten Things To Do Before You Have Sex: A list for teenagers
This is actually an old post. But I have had many requests for it again recently, and so thought it was worth bumping back up to the front for a day. And yes, this is something to show your teenagers if you think they’re thinking about starting to - or have already started - having [...]
Honesty about sex…er…
One of the questions I asked my Human Sexuality students last week was whether any of them had ever stretched the truth - or perhaps even flat-out-lied - about their sexuality. Everyone giggled nervously and looked shifty eyed. One brave young soul rolled his eyes and raised his hand saying, “Yeh, hasn’t everyone?” More nervous [...]
Parental self worth
I recently finished reading The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory for the first time. (I know, I know, color me behind on the latest novels. Blame it on grad school, children, and running my own business and move on please.) Now, I’ve read up on some of the controversy on whether [...]
Racism and Relationships
[This post written by guest blogger JustAnotherTeen]
I have just completed a summer program at the southeastern university that I will be attending starting next week. The program was a math refresher course for incoming freshmen, around 30 in total with four being a minority and four being female. I have three suitemates, and since the [...]
Homosexuality
I learned this week that I have no patience for people who are anti-homosexual. Part of the issue is that I just don’t get it. I just don’t understand why one person would have such strong feelings as to be “anti-” two women or two men being in a loving, sexual relationship. Why all the [...]
