Kids Growing Up Strong
As a parent and a sexologist, I believe that educating our children in a positive manner helps them to develop a healthy self esteem and self concept.
Relationships teach us about love, connection, and community. How we do relationships is at the core of who we are as human beings.
Over the last two decades, “abstinence only” or “abstinence-based” sex education moved to the forefront of sex ed in our country. I believe this type of sex ed is a disservice to our kids. Research bears me out.
Your child deserves the most effective sex ed:
age-appropriate comprehensive sex education at
Mountain Sexology.
(footnote)
“Abstinence only sex education” = the only option for people who are not married, contraception fails, and sex is harmful outside the context of marriage
“Abstinence-based sex education” = abstinence until marriage as the only responsible behavior; kids hear contraception discussed, but failure rates are emphasized
For Kids
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Girls Growing Up Strong
VITAL After-School Program For 4th, 5th, & 6th Grade Girls
As a parent myself, I know that talking to my child about sex can create anxiety. Answering our child’s questions about this difficult topic can determine how they approach relationships later in life.
Those difficult questions start at this pre-teen age. This class begins to answer those questions.
Your daughter will learn information that’s vital to relationships, health, and well-being.
This class takes a broad look at growing up, relationships, family structure, self-esteem, good decision-making skills, and the importance of self-love. It will reinforce what students learn in sex ed in public school but is more comprehensive. The class will emphasize universal values like respect for self and others, honesty, trust, and fairness. Girls will explore and define their individual values as well as the values of their family and community.
Your child will
- Receive the message that sexuality is a natural, normal, healthy part of life.
- Learn how to find health information.
- Identify red flags in a relationship – not just in romance, but also with friends.
- Explore big questions about sexuality, love and relationships, and learn to discuss them with family.
- Do community service to change her life and that of a girl inAfrica!
What is covered in this class?
Class 1: Group Building and Family Relationships
Class 2: Puberty: Physical and Emotional Changes During Puberty
Class 3: Gender Identity; Sexual Orientation; Reproduction
Class 4: Communication and Decision-Making
Class 5: Social Justice and Girls’ Health
Class 6: Service Activity
When: Tuesday’s Jan 17, 2012 – Feb 14, 2012 3:30 – 5:30
Tuesday’s April 10, 2012 – May 15, 2012 3:30 – 5:30
Where: Women’s Wellness and Education Center
How much: $125 for the 6-class series
Contact me at 828.301.4460 if cost is a hardship.
Please call me, Kelley Wolfe, with questions at 828.301.4460 or visit my website www.mountainsexology.com
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Teens Growing Up Strong
An After School Class about Growing Up, Sexuality, and Relationships
For 7th, 8th, & 9th grade Girls and Boys
Your child deserves comprehensive sex education! The results are:
- Delayed initiation of sexual activity
- Reduced frequency of sexual activity
- Reduced number of partners
- Reduced incidence of unprotected sex
- Increased use of contraception
- Decreased likelihood of victimization
This class will:
- Help your child view sexuality as a vital part of the human experience.
- Help your child appreciate his or her body as good and beautiful, private and special.
- Prepare your child for the normal changes of adolescence.
- Give your child skills for communication, decision-making, refusal, and problem-solving.
- Strengthen your family’s ability to communicate openly about life questions.
All information is age-appropriate and medically accurate. Your child will learn about abstinence and about contraception, including condoms, as an effective way of reducing the risk of STIs, including HIV and teen pregnancy.
Curriculum
Class 1: GroupBuildingand Examining Values
Class 2: Sexuality and Body Awareness
Class 3: Sexual Health
Class 4: Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation
Class 5: Relationships and Lovemaking
Class 6: Responsible Sexual Behavior
Cost: $125
These organizations support comprehensive sex education:
- TheAmericanAcademy of Pediatrics
- AmericanCollegeof Obstetricians & Gynecologists
- American Medical Association
- American Public Health Association
- Institute of Medicine
- Society for Adolescent Medicine
When: Thursday’s Jan 19, 2012 – Feb 16, 2012 4:00 – 6:00
Tuesday’s April 19, 2012 – May 17, 2012 4:00 – 6:00
Where: Women’s Wellness and Education Center
24 Arlington St, across from Starbucks on Charlotte St
To register or get more information, contact Kelley J Wolfe @ 828.301.4460 or mountainsexology@bellsouth.net
For Parents
Parents are a child’s preferred sex educator. Classes are offered at Mountain Sexology that educates parents about how to communicate to their child about sex.
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Parent’s: Partners in Sex Education
Helping parents feel more confident when
answering questions about sexuality and relationships
Children want to talk with their parent(s) about sexuality. For parents, this can be very anxiety-producing to say the least.
Learn how to have open dialogue throughout your child’s growing-up years, because when children are educated, confident, and comfortable with sexuality, they are likely to be good sexual decision makers.
An educated child is an empowered child.
Participants will:
- Examine sexual developmental stages of childhood and adolescence,
- Explore how to answer questions about sexuality and relationships
- Look at the benefits of comprehensive sex education
- Learn how to deliver a positive, healthy message when answering questions about sexuality
- Review philosophy and goals of the Kids Growing Up Strong curriculum (the program is based on Our Whole Lives)
When: Sunday, January 8, 2012 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Thursday, January 12, 2012 5:30 – 7:00 pm
March 22, 2012 5:30 – 7:00 pm
March 25, 2012 5:00 – 7:30 pm
Where: Women’s Wellness and Education Center
24 Arlington St (across from Starbucks on Charlotte St)
Cost: $15
Call Kelley at 828.301.4460 or email her at mountainsexology@bellsouth.net to reserve your seat.
For more information on comprehensive sex education, visit:
- New York Times Article:
- Advocates for Youth: http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/
- SIECUS: http://www.siecus.org/
- Avert: http://www.avert.org/abstinence.htm
- Guttmacher Institute: http://www.guttmacher.org/