Who should teach your kids about the birds and the bees?
Sex education lessons are set to change with children taught about the dangers of pornography, sexting and online grooming in a major shake-up. The move follows months of campaigning from MPs and charity groups who argue the current curriculum is years out of date and does not reflect the dangers faced by young people today […]
When Should You Have The Birds & Bees Talk With Your Kids?
Children are spending more time online due to the pandemic and it’s raised some issues around talking to them about sex and relationships. According to new global research by AVG (free antivirus security protection) 67% of parents agreed that the combination of their children’s screen time and the adult content online to which they can […]
Who should teach our children about the Birds and the Bees? Has World Book Day gone wrong? Episode 9 of The Sue Atkins Parenting Show.
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Is it a good idea to snoop on your child’s texts and social media messages?
Parents should snoop on their child’s texts and social media messages, David Cameron’s new advisor on childhood has claimed – but what do YOU think ? How do you monitor your child’s social media activity and keep an eye on what they’re saying, and who they are saying it to, and what they are posting […]
Raising teenage boys positively and easily
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Teaching your kids about sex – oh dear there’s a new smartphone app for that !
I’m on BBC Radio Warwicks today talking about the new explicit sex app for 13 year olds ! Whatever happened to talking & teaching your kids about sex in a loving safe environment passing on your values and setting sex within a loving, caring, respectful relationship ? respectyourself.info website is a new website that gives tips on […]
The harrowing true story of how online porn drove boy of 12 to rape girl aged 9
“There is a real risk that young people are growing up with a skewed view of what sex is.” Sean Templeton So what are YOUR boys watching online ? A boy of 12 who raped a nine-year-old girl after watching hard-core pornography online was spared jail yesterday as his lawyer warned of a generation […]
What Your Teenage Daughter Won’t Don’t Tell You About Facebook Creeps.
So people think that social media is totally ruining the lives of our children – well I’m not sure, but I do know we can’t afford to put our heads in the sand over it. A new survey by McAfee involving more than 1,000 teenagers aged 13 to 17 in the United States revealed that […]
Are YOUR children or teenagers being exposed to a heavy diet of soft core porn ?
I’ve got two kids – I’ve got a 17 year old daughter and a 19 year old son so I know first hand about navigating the choppy waters of the teenage years. (Here’s my MP3 download of step-by–step ideas, strategies, techniques and skills that eliminates the frustrations and worries of bringing up a teenager ) https://sueatkinsparentingcoach.com/teenager-troubles/ […]
Where has my little girl gone?
As you know I have been interviewed many times on the TV and radio about the early sexualisation of girls and have written about what I think about padded bras for seven-year-olds, dolls dressed in high heels, and pole dancing kits for kids as I am the Mum to the very wonderful Molly – my […]
Mumsnet sex education survey
As a former Head of PSHE Department I was interested in this new survey by Mumsnet. When Mumsnet heard that the government was conducting an internal review into Personal, Social, Health and Economics (PSHE) education, they thought it would be useful to conduct a Mumsnet sex education survey to gather your views on the thorny matter of […]
Padded bras for 7 year olds, high heels for dolls and pole dancing – where has my little girl gone?
Padded bras for seven-year-olds, dolls dressed in high heels, and pole dancing kits for kids. From every angle our daughters are being bombarded by messages about looks and sexuality they are too young to understand. Even primary school girls feel pressured to conform to a thin, sexy ideal, leading to self-destructive behaviour, ranging from […]
Don’t Be a Weiner! Teens & Sexting
Here’s a guest post from the wonderful Talking Teenage website. “Fathers do it. Women do it. Teens do it. Congressman Weiner did it and it resulted in his resignation and in humiliation for his pregnant wife. We are talking about sexting. We expect that Father’s Day will be a very confusing day for Mr. Weiner […]
Sexuality and Social Media
Today, as I my 16 year old daughter headed out to a party last night and I heard myself say,” Is it a bit tooooo short?” I am delighted to welcome the wonderful @TalkingTeenage from Twitter, otherwise known as Barbara R. Greenberg and Jennifer A. Powell-Lunder from http://www.talkingteenage.com/ They have a written an excellent book called “Teenage as […]