There really is no right way of tackling this but being open will offer children option of working through their feelings The most prevalent responses for parents in the wake of the recent trial, arising from the death of Ana Kriégel, is a sense of fear and desire to protect: fear for their children that […]
Parents are unsure how to deal with harrowing news stories that are reported daily The evidence given so far at the Ana Kriégel trial has shocked everyone – by the horror of what is described, by her age, and by the ages of the accused. Whatever the outcome of the trial may be, in the […]
Moaning about Mondays can create a false reality. ll mental health services will tell you that there is a spike in demand for their services in the month of January and on into February. Naming a day that acknowledges this recurring phenomenon – such as today’s “Blue Monday” – has both positive and negative aspects: […]
Training in saying yes and no, whether online or not, is now an essential skill The average age at which children first access pornography is now 10 years old. It usually happens when the child is doing homework or playing a game on the home computer. The child’s first reaction is often not to run […]
Let’s make sex and intimacy something to be celebrated and not something to be feared Fifteen years ago, I tried to get people talking about porn as it was surfacing as a key issue in our society .The need to talk about porn continues today. Sexual consent has emerged as society’s elephant in the room, […]