Thanks to the internet it’s easy to look up the neighborhood sex offenders. Knowing who they are, what they look like and the block they live on can be a good thing. Having this information, however, does little or nothing to protect your kids and goes a long way towards making you a paranoid freak. […]
CHIRP: Abortion
Abortion is a medical procedure for women. Most of the time when a woman decides to have an abortion she is pregnant and she’s not ready to have a baby and become a parent. The doctor can help her end the pregnancy soon after she becomes pregnant. She can have surgery or take some medicine […]
How to Talk About: “Stranger Danger”
You probably noticed that “stranger danger” is in quotation marks. This is because it turns out that the chance that your child or any child will be abducted by a stranger is about one in a gazillion. In the United States, there are about 115 “stereotypical kidnappings” (meaning committed by strangers) every year and there […]
CHIRP: Pregnancy
Here’s an easy way to talk to kids about pregnancy. A woman is pregnant when she has a baby, which is also called a fetus, growing in her uterus. This is a special place in her body made to grow babies. Once a girl starts her period this is a sure sign she is making […]
How to Talk About: Boundaries with Friends
Sometimes kids need some help setting boundaries with their friends. Here’s some help on how to guide them through that. Beginner If a friend tries to touch you in a way that feels uncomfortable, like a pinch or a poke or touching your privates, you can say, “No! Don’t! Stop! I don’t like that. My […]
