by Cara Natterson, MD and Vanessa Kroll Bennett. A current, reliable, research-backed handbook to help adults understand the ins and outs of modern puberty for all young people. Alongside facts about physical and emotional changes to expect, this book includes insights on social media, porn literacy, gender identity, and many aspects of today’s tween and […]
by Debby Herbenick, PhD, Susan C. Stone, Esq., and Kristina W. Supler, Esq. Supported by research and filled with practical tools, conversation guides, and sex positive advice, this book covers every sexual health topic relevant to raising young people in this highly digital world. It’s inclusively written, with insights from real young people as well as from […]
by Studio Jayne – a three or more player online game to help teens and adults talk about relationships, consent, sex, and safety. Likely Story can be played in homes or classrooms and uses engaging scenarios to spark critical thinking and important talks.
by Dr. Jillian Roberts. This book introduces children to the basics of online safety in a story-based, conversational style.
A video by The Porn Conversation that helps tweens, teens, and adults foster porn literacy.
by Catherine Pearlman, PhD, LCSW. This book for tweens offers insights and strategies to support them in safe and responsible device usage with cell phones. It offers guidance on privacy, boundaries, social media, and even sexting; best digital hygiene and self-care practices, including when to put the darn phone down, when to turn off notifications, […]
A free tool created by the National PTA and Norton to help families facilitate positive conversations and set practical boundaries that influence habits around device use for young people. The tool guides you through discussion questions, encouraging honest connection across five key digital safety topics. When you finish, it creates a downloadable agreement to support your family’s […]
by Cory Silverberg. In a bright graphic format featuring four dynamic middle schoolers, this book grounds sex ed in social justice, covering not only the big three of puberty—hormones, reproduction, and development—but also power, pleasure, and how to be a decent human being. Topics include body autonomy, disclosure, stigma, harassment, pornography, trauma, masturbation, consent, boundaries […]
Five video episodes of IRL friends having those conversations about queer sex, sex in the media, consent, pleasure, and more – while professional sex educators Dr. Lexx and Melina Gaze listen in to educate and bust some myths!
by Heather Corinna. This book is a graphic novel guide that covers essential topics for preteens and young teens about their changing bodies and feelings. Inclusive of different kinds of genders, sexualities, and other identities, the main characters talk about important topics like: Bodies, including puberty, body parts and body image; Sexual and gender identity; […]
LA Times article by Laura Newberry, featuring insights and strategies by Melissa Pintor Carnagey of Sex Positive Families, to help parents talk honestly with kids about sex, consent, puberty, and porn.
Free downloadable conversation guides to support the talks with children and teens about porn and sexualized media.