Børn og unge: personlige og sociale emner: seksualundervisning og fakta om livet

While childbirth is one of the most natural acts a human can experience, there are a lot of issues surrounding it. Should fathers be present at childbirth? Are grandmothers a burden or helpful during childbirth? Do birth plans improve childbirthing or over-complicate it? Are epidurals safe for pain management? These and other questions are debated and answered so that readers will think critically about their own opinions on each topic. Sources include Childbirth Connection, The Kathi Carlisle Fountain, Fatherhood Institute, Carolynn Bauer Zorn, and Rebecca Eckler.

if you think your friend is a lesbian, can you ask her?how do people become gay?is it a sin? is it a choice?No question goes unanswered in this important book about being gay. All the basics -- and not-so-basics -- are covered in more than one hundred questions asked by real teens just like you. So the answers contain all the info you want to know. And just in case you feel like sharing, there's a new "parents only" chapter to clue them in too.Expert Eric Marcus has fully updated and revised this essential guide for today's readers. He candidly and clearly pushes aside the myths and misinformation about being gay and lesbian, answering all the questions that are on your mind.

Even the most enlightened parent can get queasy at the prospect of "the talk." This updated guide makes that all-important conversation easier by encouraging open dialogue, offering correct information, and giving strategies for age-appropriate discussions. Illustrations.

How can we teach prevention, healing skills, and self-advocacy to the next generation-including those who have suffered the deep wounds of trauma and abuse? How can we guide young people toward becoming independent, self-confident adults? How do we foster healing in adults who have experienced traumatic abuse and support them in breaking the cycle? SafeArt, Inc., a non-profit healing arts organization, has been working to address these questions since 2000. Their proactive approach to healing celebrates the power of creative expression and focuses on prevention, healing, and the promotion of healthy relationships. In A Curriculum of Courage: Making SafeArt, you will find multi-disciplinary explorations for use in the classroom, with groups, or with individuals, including: Activities that incorporate discussion and creative expression, do not require a background in the arts, and are simple and accessible-even if you as facilitator have no experience in the arts Targeted information on specific topics such as mindfulness, healthy relationships, supporting LGBT youth and becoming trauma-informed Strategies for empowering youth to become proactive bystanders Approaches to managing difficult topics and clashing viewpoints Tips on self-care and management of your own personal response to abuse and trauma Tracy Penfield, founder of SafeArt, is your guide on this journey. Her empathetic and confident voice will help you craft your own "Curriculum of Courage," rooted in sound science and experience, so you can help your participants learn to laugh, share, and even sing the truths of their lives. A Curriculum of Courage: Making SafeArt is an invaluable resource for educators, youth leaders, mentors, mental health practitioners, medical personnel, parents, and anyone who wishes to encourage healing and strength in our communities. Tracy Penfield is an artist and performer who founded SafeArt after her own experiences healing from a destructive marriage and helping others to heal through creative expression. She lives and works in central Vermont. To learn more about her work, visit safeart.org.

I Nysgerrige Normbrydere kan du læse om en masse seje og kreative mennesker, som alle har været med til at forandre samfundet, fordi de har stillet spørgsmål og kæmpet for det, som de tror på. På hver deres måde har de kæmpet for at skabe et samfund, hvor alle er frie til at være sig selv og kan leve, som de har lyst til. En kamp som stadig er vigtig at kæmpe. "Jeg håber, at bogen vil inspirere dig til at stille spørgsmål og være dig selv, hvor du gør de ting, som DU har lyst til. For verden har brug for, at du er lige præcis dig."Camilla Søndergaard Andersen, forfatter