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Women and Sex: How your self-image impacts sexuality
Posted by: Sarah on: July 11, 2011
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We all know that the way we view ourselves has an impact on how we feel. If we don’t feel good about our outside it can be hard to feel good about our inside. How does this impact sex? It might seem obvious that feeling less than attractive on the outside can lead many women [...]
Teens and Parenting: What they still need as they grow
Posted by: Sarah on: July 7, 2011
As kids transition from children to pre-teens to teens a few things remain the same for most kids. They still need love, attention, and praise. They also still crave the traditions from childhood like a special cake on their birthday etc. Teens become independant so quickly in our modern society, and it is easy to [...]
Teens and Drinking: Epidemic?
Posted by: Sarah on: July 6, 2011
It is hard to believe the levels of teen drinking in our communities. Sure there are the small groups of teens who manage to avoid it, and yet most end up drinking at one point or another. This may be anything from an occasional drink at a party, to binge drinking on weekends, to drinking [...]
When to Give Your Child Information About Sex and Sexuality
Posted by: Sarah on: February 23, 2010
Giving your child information about sex and sexuality is like throwing coats at a slowly growing coat rack. When you start out the coat rack only has a few hooks. As it grows more and more hooks appear. This is the way your child’s brain, and understanding develop. They ask a question about babies, sexuality, [...]
Talking to Little Kids About Sex: when sperm meets egg and other bed time stories
Posted by: Sarah on: October 26, 2009
Even though I am always saying to talk to young kids openly and honestly about sex, when my own four year old boy asked me, “how do the babies get into the mommy’s tummy”, I thought “oh my gosh” in my head and felt the blood drain from my body. I then took a really [...]
Kids and Body Image: what you think of you matters
Posted by: Sarah on: October 7, 2009
It is a given that parents have a huge influence on how their children feel about their bodies. One of the biggest influences is how parents feel about themselves. What we say about ourselves has a big impact. You may feel like you look fat etc. but for the sake of your child try to [...]
Teen Girls, Sex, and Building a Positive Image from Within
Posted by: Sarah on: September 2, 2009
We all have a view of ourselves that we carry inside. We feel a certain way about the way we look, the way our personality is, the way we relate to others etc. For teens this feeling is still in the development phase. For all of us it changes as we progress through life. Teen [...]
Teens and Drinking: Start Early for the Biggest Impact
Posted by: Sarah on: August 14, 2009
Things have changed on the teen drinking scene. It seems that almost all teens are drinking by high school if not in middle school. Many parents seem to live by the “if they are drinking at home” it is OK motto, and the parties rage on. There are still some teens who opt not to [...]
Sex and Body Image: Teens and Kids
Posted by: Sarah on: July 23, 2009
Parents have so many responsibilities when it comes to kids and teens. Parents make sure their kids are healthy physically, that they get a good education, that they have social, and sports(etc.) enrichment, and then most of all that they develop healthy self-esteem. What does this mean when it comes to sex and body image? [...]
