Screenwise offers an encouraging perspective on how to thoughtfully guide kids in the digital age. Many parents and educators worry that kids are addicted, detached, or distracted because of their digital devices. Digital Citizenship expert Devorah Heitner, however, believes that technology offers huge potential to our children--if parents help them.
Learn how to teach kids to use technology safely and wisely here where no grownup is left behind.
Free downloadable curriculum and activity guides for educators to lead comprehensive sex education programming for students ages 8 to teen. Lesson plans include the following topics: anatomy, puberty, gender identity, sexual orientation, consent, sexual health, porn literacy, interpersonal violence, and more.
Media literacy education resource for families, including a database of reviews for popular movies, shows, video games, and apps to help your family make informed choices about the media you consume.
By Cindy Pierce. As surprising as it may be to parents, young people today are immersed in porn culture everywhere they look. Through internet porn, gaming, social media, marketing, and advertising, kids today have a much broader view of social and sexual possibilities, which makes it difficult for them to establish appropriate expectations or to […]
Activity books that help families have big and small conversations about sexual health topics.
A digital guide, created by AMAZE and Sex Positive Families, of videos and downloadable tools to help parents take the awkwardness out of talking with your kids about online porn and media literacy.
by Karen Gravelle. This guide provides answers to common questions on periods, pimples, mood swings, getting braces, bra sizing, shaving, relatable anecdotes from real girls, changing friendships, romantic feelings, and dealing with sexual harassment both on social media and in real life.
by Jo Langford. A book written explicitly for the almost ten percent of teenagers who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans, or any of the unique identities that are not heterosexual/cisgendered. It explores sex, dating, relationships, puberty, and both physical and online safety in one resource.
by Karen Gravelle. This guide offers a supportive, practical approach, providing clear answers to common issues–from what physical changes you might experience, to what puberty is like for girls, to how to handle the sexual feelings. This revised edition features new sections on: body image, sexual harassment and consent, and using social media safely.
by Mary Jo Podgurski. This book explores the subject of sexuality in an honest, inclusive way. Building on the Circles of Sexuality conceptualized by Dr. Dennis Dailey and Pam Wilson, MSW, Nonnie guides the young characters, Tamika and Alex, as they react to a sexting scandal and grow as people.