Watch this webinar to find out our top, evidence-based tips on having conversations with younger children about sex and relationships and to learn more about why these chats are so important (even if they might make parents feel a little squeamish).
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Starting to have conversations with younger children about sex and relationships can feel daunting, but it doesn’t need to, especially with all of the resources that we have in the Tooled Up library that can help. Here are our top 10 tips for embarking on these important (and ongoing) discussions, which will help to prepare our children for relationships of all kinds as they grow.
Use this template to consider where you stand on talking about different aspects of sex and relationship. You could discuss it with a partner or friend. It will be useful to come up with strategies that would help you to broach the subjects that you find tricky.
Everything you could possibly need to know about resilience packed into one talk. Dr Weston looks at factors that contribute to family resilience and practical steps that parents can take to help children become emotionally resilient. She discusses the relationship between resilience and academic achievement and touches upon the issue of digital resilience. She also focuses on how to build positive self-esteem and giving your child the tools they need to cope with failure.
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It can be useful to have periodic family conversations where you all evaluate things that are working well in family life and things that could do with tweaking or improving. This template might help to frame the chat and will give all family members the chance to think about things that work well and things that don’t before you all talk together. Print out a copy for each of you beforehand and use it to make notes, observations and goals about family life.
