PARENT TALK OVERVIEW
Half of the nation’s 15 year-olds are sexually active, and half of them are active without protection. In an environment where media sexualization of teens only adds fuel to adolescent fire and sexually transmitted infections are found in one of every four sexually active teens, parents face challenges like never before.
FAMILIES MATTER
Adolescents tend to have less intercourse when they feel connected to their families. In fact, over 85% of kids thought their parents were helpful, when their parents talked to them about sex. Great news, right? But do know how to talk to your kids about sex?
SEVEN KEY QUESTIONS TO ASK YOURSELF
- What does your child need to know from you?
- How do you ensure that he/she has the skills and knowledge to make safe choices?
- How do you initiate the conversation?
- How do you keep the lines of communication open?
- Do you think that you’re clued into your child’s sexual activities?
- Cell phones and the Internet make it so much easier to emotionally abuse, intimidate or simply control a partner. Have you talked to you child about it? Do you know enough to talk to your child about it?
- How do you begin to influence the behavior of your frisky, risk taking teen?
JEANINE’S PARENT TALK CAN HELP
- Learn to discuss your opinions about abstinence success, statistics and safer sex techniques.
- Learn to discuss situations that have come up for you and your child.
- Learn to reinforce messages about HIV, STD’s, unwanted pregnancies and consensual sex (with permission).
- Begin to understand trends in dating that differ from your own but need to be understood by you in order to make sense to your modern teen.
- Understand the gray areas of sex.
- Understand how divorce and absentee parenting can impact your child’s decision-making.
POWERFUL ONE-ON-ONE SESSIONS AVAILABLE
Jeanine is an “adolescent whisperer!” One-on-one Relationship Coaching “Rehab” Sessions with Jeanine for you or/and your teen. One-on-one role playing sessions with candid discussion and feedback can lead to powerful break-throughs in communicating life-saving messages. This will foster stronger relationships with your children during their hormone filled, individuation and soft brain formation stages.
ACT NOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
To order a seminar for your school, organization or group, please contact us or call 914-997-1136.
