COMMUNICATION RESOURCES ON SEX & DRUGS
Communication on Sexuality:
Developmental
Sex Education
Table
See a child’s sexuality development from birth
through the teen years in order to tailor your
conversations to your child’s needs.
Basic Healthy
Conversations
Framework
Here are some
helpful steps for healthy and
meaningful conversations.
10 Tips for
Talking to your Children
about Sexuality
A great resource that outlines some of the
important questions that many parents have
about talking to their kids about sexuality.
Puberty:
Conversation Starters
& Scenarios
Scenarios that you and your
child can read together to help frame
a meaningful discussion.
Puberty:
Framework to
Help Discussions
When parents initiate a discussion or an opportunity arises to talk, here are some helpful steps for healthy and meaningful conversations.
Human Reproduction & Embryology:
Conversation Starters
Tips and conversation starters that can be used to introduce the topic of reproduction and offer opportunities to open a dialogue with your kids.
Sexual Behavior: Choices and Risks Conversation Starters/Scenarios
Actual phrases and situations that can be used to introduce the topic of sexual behavior and offer opportunities to open a dialogue with your kids.
Sexual Behavior: Choices and Risks Framework Outline
This outline shows how
this vignette fits into a healthy
conversation framework.
Body Image & Sexual Bullying: Framework to Help Discussions
When parents initiate a discussion or an opportunity arises to talk, here are some helpful steps for healthy and meaningful conversations.
Communication on Drugs:
Keeping
Kids Drug Free
The best way to help keep your family drug-free is to understand the factors contributing to substance abuse and to make it a topic of regular family discussion.
NIDA:
Family Checkup
Developing good communication skills helps
parents catch problems early, support positive
behavior, and stay aware of what is
happening in their children’s lives.
Communication on Technology:
Screen
Sanity
Screen time has been a issue and challenge for both adults and young people. This resource can help parents to create a world where kids are captivated by life, not screens.