Just like we are emotional, spiritual, intellectual and social, we are also sexual. Just like all these other elements of being human, sexuality develops over time and all throughout our lives. Healthy childhood sexuality does not look like adult sexuality – it usually looks like play. We worry when children engage in behaviors that appear to be […]
“Sexy” Little Girls = Shame, Eating Disorders + Poor Sexual Health
I’m working on my book of scripts and have included a few about the sexualization of girls. I ended up re-reading the awesome report of the APA Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls and you should read it too. That headline up there? That’s just some of the impact when girls internalize sexualization – […]
Remember Judy Blume’s Book Forever?
I sure do! It was passed around from girlfriend to girlfriend when I was in Junior High. To refresh your memory, this is the story of a teenaged couple and their mutual deflowering. As it turns out, this was a groundbreaking book. For the first time, a “first time” was thoughtfully portrayed in adolescent literature. […]
GUEST POST: WHEN KIDS CHANGE THEIR MINDS
By Susan Berland Some of us who are parents of LGBTQ kids experience a child who changes their mind about their sexual orientation or gender identity. How do we know what is real and what is not? For many kids, figuring out who they are is a journey. Along the way, they may identify differently. […]
Episode 17 — Explaining Michael Jackson, an Autistic Blurter and Junk-Punching
Explaining Michael Jackson, an Autistic Blurter and Junk-Punching In this episode of Just Say This a mom is worried her autistic son will blurt birds and bees info at exactly the wrong moment. She also needs to explain to her other son that Michael Jackson sexually abused a bunch of boys. Another mom wants to know […]
