Thank you, Jane, from Vancouver Coastal Health for presenting to our parent community at today’s Chat ‘n Chew. Clearly this is a topic all parents are interested in! Below is Jane’s presentation plus a ton of great resources that she was kind enough to share with us. Let’s build out that Parent Library!.
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Power Point Presentation
Websites & Videos
Scarleteen website: https://www.scarleteen.com/
· For teens and emerging young adults
· Can be word heavy but easily readable and could be a good place for parents to start getting ideas about conversations to have with their pre-teens
· Quickies (shorter reads): https://www.scarleteen.com/article/quickies
Scarleteen website – Graphic novel for essential topics for preteens and young teens: https://www.scarleteen.com/blog/heather_corinna/wait_what_its_finally_here_it_is
Gender unicorn website: http://www.transstudent.org/gender/
· Website currently under development (today October 4, 2019) but talks about gender and sexual identity as a spectrum
PowerPoint – the last 3-4 slides have more resources and video links which I have copied below for anyone who might have trouble opening powerpoint:
Planned parenthood video – how to talk to your preteen about sexual health
Talking to preschoolers about body parts
How to talk to your child about healthy relationships
| Amaze | Educational, age appropriate, sometimes humorous videos on sex education for kids (amaze jr.) and young adults (amaze) | https://amaze.org/jr/https://amaze.org/ |
| KidsHealth | Information for kids, teens, and parents on various health topics. | https://kidshealth.org/ |
| Healthlinkbc “Talking With Your Child About Sex” | Basic tips and information on starting to talk to your child about sex. | https://www.healthlinkbc.ca/health-topics/te7292spec |
| Options for Sexual Health | Sexual and reproductive resources – webpages, sex education, clinics. | https://www.optionsforsexualhealth.org/ |
| Planned Parenthood | Educational webpages. (Note: services are American). | https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/parents |
| Sex & U | Webpages on contraception, consent, sexuality, STIs. | https://www.sexandu.ca/ |
| Sexplainer | Blog with guidance for parents on “how to raise sexually intelligent kids”. | http://www.sexplainer.com/ |
| Smart Sex Resource | Tips on discussing sexual health with children. Run by the BCCDC. | https://smartsexresource.com/topics/talking-to-kids-about-sex |
| Teachingsexualhealth.ca | Information and tools on various topics – sexual health, puberty, technology & media, etc. |
