Sex Education, Your Tween/Teen and You

Join Susie Brown and Sex Education Expert Scotney Young talk sex ed: global sex education standard disparities, age appropriate sex/gender education, helping parents with difficult (and awkward!) discussions with their tweens/teens, empowering teens for gender equality, & what you can do to support child safety.

Scotney Young: https://www.instagram.com/rootsandboundaries?igsh=b2VveThpankyZDgz 

Scotney's website: https://www.rootsandboundaries.com/  

Resources for parents:

• The Sex Education Answer Book: By the Age Responses to Tough Questions Kids Ask Parents About Sex: A definitive guidebook for parents for questions about sex & demystifying sex for parent & child. 
• Kids Ask Script-building resource for parents/adults for conversations with kiddos around self-esteem, healthy relationships and making informed decisions.
• https://amaze.org/parents/- resources for parents & youth(8-14) about sexuality, bodies, and relationships
• Porn: fact or fiction - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdB2rmGqqNU&ab_channel=AMAZEOrg
• Guide to talking about porn: https://amaze.org/parents/guides/porn/
• https://parents.culturereframed.org/course/parents-of-tweens/  - Free self-guided programs on build kids' resilience & resistance to hypersexualized culture and impacts of pornography 
• Sex ed for Christian parents - https://www.sexedreclaimed.com/ 
• Sex ed for Muslim parents - https://resources.muslimkids.tv/sex-education/ 
• Sex ed for Jewish parents -  https://mizrachi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/HaMizrachi_Yom-Ha_Atzmaut_Israel_2021_58.pdf 
• Great Podcasts: This is so Awkward puberty podcast (and great newsletter)
  • Birds and bees and kids with Amy Lang
• Sex Positive Families: Massive database of sex-positive books and resources for every age. 
• From Susie: https://www.youtube.com/@asklisapodcast all topics tween & teen related, including sex, drugs, hormones and study habits

Resources for educators:

• Rights, Respect, Responsibility: K-12 Sexuality Education Curriculum by Advocates for Youth based on US National Sex Education Standards https://3rs.org/download-3rs/ 
• Amaze: Age-appropriate videos providing medically accurate sex education for adolescents as determined by parents, educators and medical professionals. (annual free “Sex Ed Con” webinar for educators; all the past webinars are linked)
• https://www.joinonelove.org/our-education/  - intimate partner violence prevention organization - free healthy friendships and relationships for all ages lesson plans & trainings