Teaching Values
I’m writing to respond to CG’s comments on my last post. CG wrote that a major point of contention around…
youth development & education
Sex Ed before Text Ed
The New York Times fashion section ran a very telling feature this weekend on “The Birds and the Bees Text…
Community
I want my students to grow up valuing community. I want them to identify as members of a community, and…
Homophobic Bullying As a Sign and Symptom
Judith Warner just posted a blog about the topic I brought up two weeks ago — kids calling each other…
Remember the Teenagers. A response to the abstinence-or-comprehensive sex ed fight
I support comprehensive sex education — programs that provide teenagers with information and options in the context of teaching emotional…
A More Specific Question
What are the best ways of responding to students who called something “so gay” in order to cast it apart…
Towards an Emotionally Intelligent Sex Ed Program
In addition to providing accurate and accessible information, sex ed teaches values, sending explicit or implicit messages to students about…
Talking about talking about sex
Last week, a friend of mine invited a couple people to dinner with the specific intention of discussing sex. Why…
Desire, Desire, Desire
I would’ve benefited from learning about enthusiastic consent in high school. I wish I’d known why to say no every…
My Work
I currently teach health in a public middle school, and just today spent two classes with seventh graders explaining the…