I’ve Come Along Way Since graduating with my Master’s degree in Sexuality Studies in May, I have experienced some amazing successes. From presenting my original research at a national conference to publishing my first ebook to being interviewed on international radio networks, I am beginning to fill the role of sexuality education expert. It’s Time [...]
Feedback from today’s workshops: “we LOVED it! so glad i get the chance to learn from someone who has really studied and considered so many aspects of this…THANKS!” There are two more tomorrow: Sunday, Aug 26th 10:30am-Noon: What to say and When to say it; Strategies for age-appropriate conversations about sexuality and desire. 1:00pm-2:30pm: Building [...]
I get asked this a lot. Sometimes it’s just straight to the point or it’s a more lengthy: How do I make sure my child has a healthy image of her sexuality, whatever it is? or it’s phrased like this: She is feminine AND masculine. Both together at times. It is confusing when media images [...]
Today I had the pleasure of being a guest on Alyssa Royse and Lanae St. John’s Sexxx Talk Radio show on the Progressive Radio Network. I had a great time speaking with the women, both of whom are smart and savvy sex-positive parents! I was able to talk about the upcoming workshops as well. Click here [...]
Sometimes when I open my laptop in the morning, all the awesome just floods in. It’s my own doing of course. I’ve curated my social media streams toward the awesome side of the sexuality news spectrum. Links! Ok, so here’s a lil blog post I did for Oakland Local. It contains online resources for parents [...]
“We’ve done a really good job of constructing sexually active teens in a highly negative way, in a way that really emphasizes the risks, the peril — and not the pleasure. When’s the last time you heard anything about teen sexual activity that was positive? Parents aren’t hearing anything positive about teen sexuality, they’re hearing [...]
Originally Posted on July 31st, 2012 at http://goodvibesblog.com/the-sex-positive-parent-a-new-resource-from-airial-clark/ The Sex-Positive Parent: A New Resource from Airial Clark by Dr. Charlie Glickman At Good Vibrations, we know how important sex education is. And we also know how hard parents work to juggle protecting kids from information that they aren’t ready for while also giving them what [...]
Today I read a review of the book, Not My Kid: What Parents Believe About the Sex Lives of Their Teenagers at Slate.com. The reviewer, Emily Yoffe, makes some great points in her article, and I encourage you to read what she wrote from the perspective of one parent to another. Click here for the [...]
I know I’ve felt the pressure to have all the answers… It’s like a scene in an Indiana Jones film. Your kid asks you a question about sex and then all of a sudden you’re being chased down a narrow corridor by a huge boulder of, “You must know the truth, the whole truth and [...]
