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I Don’t Know!

January 2, 2017July 14, 2018 Jessica Smarr

In their 2014 book, Think Like a Freak, Stephen Levitt and Stephen Dubner claimed that the three hardest words in the English Language to say are “I don’t know.” This isn’t the wildest claim to make. If knowledge is power, then admitting you don’t know something can seem akin to […]

Children, Communication, Parenting learning, parenting

Let’s Talk About Sex….With Teenagers!

October 12, 2016July 15, 2018 Ryan Dillon

Let’s Talk About Sex! Now, when most of us read those four words together our minds automatically start singing the Salt-N-Pepa song from the early 90’s. Hey, if that helps you think about sex then I say sing it loud and sing it proud! What I’m talking about is Breaking […]

Parenting, Sex Education, Teenagers book review, Breaking the Hush Factor, communication, family, karen rayne, parenting, sex, sex education, teenagers

First Moon Parties, humiliation, and humor

June 21, 2014 Dr. Karen Rayne 1 Comment

This ad has been circulating recently, and many people are highly amused. There are are also many outraged people. I get both sides on this one, because I think there’s both really good and really bad here. So let’s watch and then break it down a little bit: The good: […]

Adolescent Sexuality, Communication, Family, Parenting, Teenagers adolescent sexuality, First Moon Party, Hello Flo ad, parenting, puberty

Condom Week: Wherefore condoms?

June 2, 2014 Dr. Karen Rayne

I’ve decided that it’s Condom Week around here at Unhushed. Melissa White over at Lucky Bloke recently asked if I wanted to provide content for her new safer sex education website, and of course I was delighted! But when I went back to look through my blogging archives (both here […]

Adolescent Sexuality, Contraception, Parenting adolescent sexuality, condoms, parenting, sex education, teenagers

The dreaded sleepover question

February 8, 2014 Dr. Karen Rayne 3 Comments

In a world with flexible gender and sexual identities, what’s a parent to do? I’ve been asked about sleepovers through two channels in the last few days, so it seemed the right time to finally write a post about it. This question comes up all the time – first in […]

Adolescent Development, Adolescent Sexuality, Communication, Family Conversations, Gay Teens, Gender, Parenting, Sex Education adolescents, parenting, sex, sexuality, sleepover, teenage

Sexual harassment, consent, and hugging grandma

May 6, 2013 Dr. Karen Rayne 2 Comments

Yesterday in my middle school class we talked about sexual harassment. The students had a general notion of these as bad things, but little in the way of details. The problem is generally that people misconstrue sexual harassment with sexual assault. They don’t realize that harassment can be verbal, can […]

Adolescent Development, Consent, Family, Parenting, Sex Education, Sexual Harassment consent, family, hugs, parenting, sex education, sexual harassment




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