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Netflix’s comedy Sex Education, now in its third season, is set among a group of students and teachers at a British high school. In depicting sex education, it teaches viewers about sex and sexuality – often doing a better job than school-based sex ed classes. In the first episode of season three, Dr Jean Milburn …

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It’s no surprise then that tweens on the brink of puberty have questions. Lots and lots of questions. And these aren’t little questions, either. Nope. Rather, our kids’ questions about puberty are deep. They cut right into the heart of who they are as people and who they want to be. Is there a more …

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We know that we need to talk to teens about consent. Actually, we need to talk to all kids about consent. It needs to be a routine discussion, where we ask them things like, “Do you mind if I give you a hug?” and they get to say “Not today” and that’s the end of …

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13 Reasons Why Season 2 was certain to incite debate. Season 1 provided considerable discussion about the graphic depiction of suicide, in addition to a range of associated issues including social exclusion, bullying, regrettable behaviours, alcohol and other drug use, drink driving and sexual assault. article by Sharyn Burns, Associate Professor, Curtin University SPOILER ALERT:  …

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My sex life has never been this hard, I swear. And I don’t mean that in a good way. There’s a lot of talk out there about the impossibility of having sex when the kids are young. You’re both too tired, the kids are demanding, yada, yada, yada. But what about trying to have sex …

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