Conversations about Sexuality (Parents/Teens)

"Parents and Teens: Connections with Impact" was inspired by focus group conversations with Wisconsin teens, who consistently voiced a desire for open communication with their parents.

Interviewers sought to discover what aspects of parent-teen relationships contributed to teen success. A common pattern of influence emerged.

To influence someone, we need to impact two areas:

1)Their knowledge about the choice--through
- INFORMATION we give,
- EXAMPLES we set, and
- EXPERIENCES that relate.

2)Their will to make the choice--by
- communicating a positive ATTITUDE about their ability and character,
- holding to RULES AND CONSEQUENCES, and
- embodying the GRACE of staying connected.

This segment explores this pattern of influence in conversations about sexuality.

The full series: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7D46F19C6FB6ADD3

The project was produced in 2007 by the Wisconsin departments of Public Instruction and Health and Family Services. More information: http://www.dpi.wi.gov/sspw/parentsteens.html

Category:

Education

Tags:

• health
• wellness
• education
• parents
• teenagers
• conversation
• talking
• communication
• wisconsin
• adolescence
• puberty
• sex
• sexuality
• risk
• behaviors
• kids
• children

[MusicPlaylistEmail]

I like the way the girl in the pink shirt thinks. Don't do anything that you'd be too ashamed to talk about. I'm pleasantly surprised to hear some of the parents taking a stand against having sex when you're not ready. I thought everyone thought like the media who boil sex down to carnal instinct when it's so much more than that.

[bunnyz324]

people need to be in school except making babies