Do ask what the child needs or would like your help with. Too often well-intended advocates take action that the child isn’t ready to manage. Remember, it’s all about them. Your role as a supportive adult is to listen and provide help…even if that means simply giving them a hug or finding appropriate resources for them.
Whose Values Count When it Comes to Teens and Dating?
Dating Smarts for Parents — Whose Values Count When It Comes to Teens and Dating? As much as we would all like to be there at every step of the way when our children become teenagers they are granted more freedom. Dating is a big part of gaining independence whether you are ready for it […]
How to talk to kids about HIV and AIDS
This is not something you need to worry about now, but just information for you for the future.
What is the Difference Between a Transgender Child or Gender Non-conforming Child?
Trust your child to know their gender even if it doesn’t conform to the gender they were assigned at birth and may not make sense to you. Gender is not about what genitals a person has but who they know themselves to be in their heart.
How to talk about waiting for sex with young children
…it’s important to plant the seed about waiting early on…Teens have sex.
