ROUND-UP Parents & Sex Ed in the News 07.01.20
- Leah Jewett
- Jan 6, 2020
- 3 min read
The most interesting and relevant articles for parents on sex-education issues from 19 December 2019 to 6 January 2020
TALKING OPENLY
10 Books Teens Want You to Read Right Now (Book Riot, 26/12/19)
OUTSPOKEN RECOMMENDED READ Parents should start teaching sex ed while their children are in diapers, experts say (Insider, 4/1/20)
SEX EDUCATION
Janelle Monáe explains sex in new Netflix series because sex education in schools is seriously lacking (PinkNews, 2/1/10)
Shame Isn’t an Education (The Humanist, 27/12/19)
LGBT IDENTITY & LGBT-INCLUSIVE SEX EDUCATION
Brave transgender woman on emotional coming out to bodybuilder dad – includes 4.5-minute video (Liverpool Echo, 20/12/19)
(Dis)connected: Growing up queer in the digital age (GCN – Gay Community News, 27/12/19)
Bigots organise to block new relationships and sex lessons (Socialist Worker, 6/1/20)
LGBT+ Inclusive Relationship and Sex Education (Labour Policy Forum, 27/12/19)
PORN & SEXTING
Thousands of children under 14 have been investigated by police for sexting (Guardian, 30/12/19)
OUTSPOKEN RECOMMENDED READ Children and Sexting – a Jiminy Report (Jiminy blog post, 17/12/19)
How Parents Can Protect Kids From Porn Without Moving To A Secluded Mountain (The Federalist, 20/12/19)
When 6th graders can access rape porn on their smartphones, school becomes toxic (Dallas Morning News, 12/12/19)
OUTSPOKEN RECOMMENDED READ Pornography has deeply troubling effects on young people, but there are ways we can minimise the harm (The Conversation, 5/1/20)
Teens are bombarded with graphic images of sex that can lead to dangerous ideas, behavior (NorthJersey.com, 19/12/19)
OUTSPOKEN RECOMMENDED READ Teens Get the Facts – includes near-peer videos for 13- to 17-year-olds on porn, sexting, sex & the media, condoms, puberty etc (Government of Western Australia Department of Health, 20/12/19)
SEX, BODIES & CONSENT
TV Shows Now Embrace the Awkward, Messy Truth About Sex (Teen Vogue, 20/12/19)
OUTSPOKEN RECOMMENDED READ To teach young kids the concept of consent, focus on bodily autonomy (Whyy, PBS, 2/1/20)
Researchers Found What Consent Looks Like Isn’t Always Straightforward on College Campuses – includes 3-minute video (Teen Vogue, 3/1/20)
OUTSPOKEN RECOMMENDED READ I’m a 37-Year-Old Mom & I Spent Seven Days Online as an 11-Year-Old Girl… (Medium, 17/12/19)
GENDER STEREOTYPING & MASCULINITY
Lego slammed for suggesting girls don’t belong in science lab (New York Post, 20/12/19)
“Woke” teen boys that believe in “progressive gender beliefs” and equality between the sexes are LESS likely to be violent, study claims (Daily Mail, 27/12/19)
Male teens who witness abuse of female peers more likely to do it themselves (UPI, 30/12/19)
Complaint filed against pink toys for girls, blue for boys (Korea Herald, 2/1/20)
OUTSPOKEN RECOMMENDED READ Why a Dad Dancing to Frozen With His Son Is Still a Big Deal – includes 25-minute Man Up podcast & 5-minute Good Morning Britain excerpt with Piers Morgan (Slate, 28/12/19)
Disney Princesses, Ranked by Social Justice Warriors (Mother Jones, 31/12/19)
Kristoff in Frozen 2 Is a Paragon of Non-Toxic Masculinity (The Mary Sue, 2/1/20)
OUTSPOKEN RECOMMENDED READ The Miseducation of the American Boy – by author Peggy Orenstein (Atlantic, 22/12/19)
As YA fiction grapples with gender and sexuality, the coming of age tale comes of age (Boston Globe, 19/12/19)
Olivia Wilde Says Fighting “Booksmart” Censorship Was Important For Women – The Contenders NY Video – includes 7-minute video (Deadline, 23/12/19)
Stay-at-home dads still face barriers (Phys Org, 23/12/19)
How to Help Your Kids Understand Gender-Reveal Parties – includes several 4-minute videos (HuffPost, 26/12/19)
TECH & MENTAL HEALTH
Charity warns that betting features in video games harm young people (Guardian, 20/12/19)
TikTok struggles to protect teenage users from toxic videos (Financial Times, 20/12/19)
CDC: Social Media Influencing Teens To Just Say No To Sex – includes 2-minute video (CBS New York, 23/12/19)
Eating disorders soaring amid warnings over impact of social media (Telegraph, 2/1/20)
PAEDO HAVENS Parents warned to check kids’ phones for 15 popular apps used by paedos and bullies to target youngsters (The Sun, 31/12/19)
NSPCC and O2 urge parents to make online safety a New Year’s resolution (Banbury Guardian, 30/12/19)
Why an internet that never forgets is especially bad for young people (MIT Technology Review, 27/12/19)
Teens are all obsessed with social media? Not so much (MIT Technology Review, 27/12/19)
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