I ran into an old colleague last month and had a quick catch up. After telling him about my sex ed efforts, he muttered about needing to have ‘that talk’ with his kids soon. He has a 14 year old son and 16 year old daughter and I have no doubts that there have been … Continue Reading »
Cripes. Yesterday my nine year old declared that the song ‘Talk Dirty to Me’ is his favourite. I didn’t know the song, but of course found the title challenging. With his 7 year old brother in the car, I asked him if he knew what the phrase ‘talk dirty to me’ means. He said he … Continue Reading »
I sometimes wonder if I downplay the risks of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) when I talk to kids about sex and to parents about sex-positive parenting. It’s not that I don’t want people understanding that STIs are a real risk. It’s just that protecting ourselves requires more than a condom. It requires a belief that … Continue Reading »
I’m blessed to live in a great city. It’s physically a beautiful place on the ocean and by the mountains. The city has a rich cultural life, great food and pretty great city services too. I’ve always said that it’s a wonderful place to raise kids. As someone committed both personally and professionally to young … Continue Reading »
With 50 Shades of Grey having made it’s way into mainstream culture, adults who have vanilla sex* lives are getting a smidge of inside knowledge on power play during sexual activity. In fact, kinky sex has made its way into mainstream culture in places other than poorly written erotica-gone-NYT-bestsellers-list. Music videos like Rihanna’s S&M, Christina … Continue Reading »
Last year I went to the Orpheum, the building which houses the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, as part of a school field trip with my kids. The google explains that the ‘Orpheum is one of the most beautiful concert halls in North America.‘ I don’t know if that’s true but I know breathtaking when I see it. Built in … Continue Reading »
Guess what? 2014 is the year for learning how to raise sexually intelligent kids. If you have a kid, are going to have a kid, know someone with a kid. If you’re an uncle, aunt, grandparent, god-parent. If you’re a teacher, coach or Big Brother (or sister). Any adult who is commited to seeing young … Continue Reading »
I just read a terrible article about puberty milestones. It bugged me so much that I’m not going to provide the link because I don’t want the site getting traffic on it. The topics of import that the writer chose to focus on included the all important shaving, deodorant, waxing (since hair removal wasn’t adequately … Continue Reading »
A huge shout out to TEDx Renfrew Collingwood for hosting this event. And to my fellow speakers too. It was a great day full of inspired big ideas.
I was walking home with my 9 year old last week and he shared an interesting perspective with me. He said ‘when I think about 8 year olds, it feels like so much younger than me even though I’m only a year older.’ I mean, I know he’s brilliant and all but I thought that … Continue Reading »
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