# sex ed (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 6 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover sex ed. Page: Feed: --- ## [What’s So Special About a Deck of Cards, Anyway?](https://www.healthyteennetwork.org/news/whats-so-special-about-deck-cards-anyway/) _2026-08-20 · Megan Thomas · Healthy Teen Network_ Conversation cards as an invitation to dig a little deeper Patricia Natalie, MA AUGUST 20, 2026 When we set out to create In My Own Words: A Curiosity Deck for Young Parents, we drew inspiration from conversation cards like We’re … Read More The post What’s So Special About a Deck of Cards, Anyway? appeared first on Healthy Teen Network . ## [About Relationship 101](https://jeremiahgibson.substack.com/p/about-relationship-101) _2026-08-20 · Jeremiah Gibson, LMFT · Relationship 101, with Jeremiah Gibson, LMFT_ Even though the Sexvangelicals name is no longer with us, I’m still committed to writing about relational and sexual health on Substack! ## [Power Through Choices Training-of-Facilitators](https://www.healthyteennetwork.org/events/power-through-choices-training-of-facilitators/) _2026-08-18 · Allison Tomai Felsen · Healthy Teen Network_ November 2-5, 2026 Join us for a LIVE VIRTUAL training-of-facilitators on Power Through Choices! This training will prepare you to deliver the Power Through Choices program face-to-face with youth. Cost: FREE with the purchase of the Power Through Choices curriculum. Each attendee must … Read More The post Power Through Choices Training-of-Facilitators appeared first on Healthy Teen Network . ## [Many Ways of Being Facilitator Training](https://www.healthyteennetwork.org/news/many-ways-of-being-facilitator-training/) _2026-08-17 · Allison Tomai Felsen · Healthy Teen Network_ December 7-10, 2026 Looking for a sexual and reproductive health education curriculum that promotes healthy, consensual, and violence-free relationships while helping reduce STIs and unintended pregnancy? Want to learn how to bring it to life with young people? We’ve got … Read More The post Many Ways of Being Facilitator Training appeared first on Healthy Teen Network . ## [The Experts in the Room: What Young People Already Know About Belonging](https://www.healthyteennetwork.org/news/experts-in-room-what-young-people-already-know-about-belonging/) _2026-08-13 · Megan Thomas · Healthy Teen Network_ Our young people conducted their own peer-to-peer research about belonging blind spots that adults often miss. Their findings reveal at least three ways to support their belonging. Dr. DeLeon Gray AUGUST 13, 2026 This spring, a team of middle school … Read More The post The Experts in the Room: What Young People Already Know About Belonging appeared first on Healthy Teen Network . ## [integration](https://chaneldubofsky.substack.com/p/integration) _2026-08-10 · Chanel Dubofsky · I Could Never: A Substack about Abortion Stigma_ It is deep, soggy, middle-of-the-day-thunderstorm, longing for an air-conditioned bus after waiting for five minute summer, miserable and weirdly full of possibility. ## [Our Last Production as Sexvangelicals (For Now)](https://jeremiahgibson.substack.com/p/our-last-production-as-sexvangelicals) _2026-08-08 · Jeremiah Gibson, LMFT · Relationship 101, with Jeremiah Gibson, LMFT_ Relationship 101 on Substack will continue. It'll just look different, starting next week. ## [Rest Is a Requirement, Not a Reward](https://www.healthyteennetwork.org/news/rest-requirement-not-reward/) _2026-08-06 · Megan Thomas · Healthy Teen Network_ Why slowing down matters for us and the young people we serve Jerrica Davis, MPH AUGUST 6, 2026 For many of us, busy has become our default setting. We’re parents, caregivers, teachers, coaches, neighbors, employees, and more, wearing our packed … Read More The post Rest Is a Requirement, Not a Reward appeared first on Healthy Teen Network . ## [Sex Ed Programs Are Losing Necessary Funding](https://guerrilla.substack.com/p/sex-ed-programs-are-losing-necessary) _2026-08-03 · Steph Auteri · Guerrilla Sex Ed_ In my last issue of Thunder Thighs, I wrote that in 2025, the Trump administration issued a notice to a number of organizations receiving Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program grants that their grants would be revoked if materials were not brought in alignment with the recent spate of executive orders targeting gender ideology, “radical indoctrination,” “illegal discrimination,” etc. ## [How to Get More Out of Sex Therapy](https://jeremiahgibson.substack.com/p/how-to-get-more-out-of-sex-therapy) _2026-07-31 · Jeremiah Gibson, LMFT · Relationship 101, with Jeremiah Gibson, LMFT_ Three ways that you can do inside and outside of therapy to more effectively meet your goals ## [AI QA that opens fix PRs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/JyI2ryg5T0of) _2026-07-31 · **Sponsored**_ Run a browser QA from plain-English instructions; get GitHub issues and optional fix PRs. ## [harrowed](https://chaneldubofsky.substack.com/p/pain-management) _2026-07-30 · Chanel Dubofsky · I Could Never: A Substack about Abortion Stigma_ plus, midsummer/fall schedule ## [What’s Miro? A Digital Playground for Innovation](https://www.healthyteennetwork.org/news/whats-miro-digital-playground-innovation/) _2026-07-30 · Megan Thomas · Healthy Teen Network_ How our In/Tend Incubator Hub uses Miro for innovation Patricia Natalie, MA JULY 30, 2026 Oh, Miro. The digital workspace with lots of colorful sticky notes. Image credit: Make Use Of Healthy Teen Network started using Miro about 10 years … Read More The post What’s Miro? A Digital Playground for Innovation appeared first on Healthy Teen Network . [Listen](https://www.healthyteennetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/InTend-Miro-Example.mov) ## [We Have a New Website!](https://jeremiahgibson.substack.com/p/we-have-a-new-website) _2026-07-28 · Jeremiah Gibson, LMFT · Relationship 101, with Jeremiah Gibson, LMFT_ Also, I'm speaking at the South Shore Sexual Health Center on October 6 and October 27. Save those dates! ## [Wired for Social Connection: What the Adolescent Brain Needs to Thrive](https://www.healthyteennetwork.org/news/wired-connection-what-adolescent-brain-needs-survive/) _2026-07-23 · Megan Thomas · Healthy Teen Network_ Belonging is a biological experience that is foundational to healthy development. Kathleen Osta, LCSW, SEP JULY 23, 2026 We’ve all seen examples of the young person who is eager to show up for one class but consistently ends up in … Read More The post Wired for Social Connection: What the Adolescent Brain Needs to Thrive appeared first on Healthy Teen Network . ## [True Consent Begins With Yourself](https://jeremiahgibson.substack.com/p/true-consent-begins-with-yourself) _2026-07-23 · Jeremiah Gibson, LMFT · Relationship 101, with Jeremiah Gibson, LMFT_ A guest post, by Allison Zamani, LPC ## [sex ed (part two)](https://chaneldubofsky.substack.com/p/sex-ed-part-two) _2026-07-22 · Chanel Dubofsky · I Could Never: A Substack about Abortion Stigma_ I did not have an exact plan for this mini-series, so I don’t know at this point if we’re going to have a part three, etc. ## [The Rules for Dating Me Booklet](https://jeremiahgibson.substack.com/p/the-rules-for-dating-me-booklet) _2026-07-21 · Jeremiah Gibson, LMFT · Relationship 101, with Jeremiah Gibson, LMFT_ Reflections on how to share with a partner how you communicate your needs, what purpose sex plays, and expectations for when you say No and set other boundaries. ## [Choose Your Cage, Kid.](https://katy515zu.substack.com/p/choose-your-cage-kid) _2026-07-19 · KIDS FIRST · KIDS FIRST_ We must stop herding kids into prefab intersectional identity prisons while telling them they’re free. ## [Socialism In Our Schools](https://katy515zu.substack.com/p/socialism-in-our-schools) _2026-07-18 · KIDS FIRST · KIDS FIRST_ Members of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) occupy teaching positions, school board seats, and union leadership — and they are just getting started. ## [How Summer Shapes Connection, Belonging, and Joy](https://www.healthyteennetwork.org/news/how-summer-shapes-connection-belonging-joy/) _2026-07-16 · Megan Thomas · Healthy Teen Network_ Reflecting on the moments that helped me feel connected, supported, and inspired as a young person. Christy Altidor, MPH, CPH JULY 16, 2026 Summer often brings a shift in pace. School is out, routines and schedules change, and communities come … Read More The post How Summer Shapes Connection, Belonging, and Joy appeared first on Healthy Teen Network . ## [Find what they just said (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/jSaawKoz0Ws2) _2026-07-16 · **Sponsored**_ Surface recent public signals so you can send policy-aware, relevant outreach ## [sex ed (part one)](https://chaneldubofsky.substack.com/p/sex-ed-part-one) _2026-07-15 · Chanel Dubofsky · I Could Never: A Substack about Abortion Stigma_ I got back from California two weeks ago, and as usual, I managed to forget how weird the process of returning to normal life is, how relentless and gorgeous and chaotic residency is, and how it forms such a strange bubble that is really like nothing else. ## [Ten Things I Learned in Year 1 in The South™](https://jeremiahgibson.substack.com/p/ten-things-i-learned-in-year-1-in) _2026-07-14 · Jeremiah Gibson, LMFT · Relationship 101, with Jeremiah Gibson, LMFT_ Or, reflections on transitioning away from my primary identity being centered around my work and profession. ## [Expand Your Understanding of Belonging with a Learning Add-On](https://www.healthyteennetwork.org/news/expand-your-understanding-belonging-learning-add-on/) _2026-07-09 · Megan Thomas · Healthy Teen Network_ This year’s Learning Add-On lineup offers opportunities to deepen your expertise, strengthen your practice, and explore innovative approaches to supporting young people. Arianna de la Mancha JULY 9, 2026 When you attend #HealthyTeen26, you’re joining a community of educators, advocates, … Read More The post Expand Your Understanding of Belonging with a Learning Add-On appeared first on Healthy… ## [The Best Laid Plans](https://jeremiahgibson.substack.com/p/the-best-laid-plans) _2026-07-09 · Jeremiah Gibson, LMFT · Relationship 101, with Jeremiah Gibson, LMFT_ Grieving the creative ways that life can interrupt the structures that we develop to live our best lives. ## [Striving for Safety, Communal Care, and Resources for and with Latine Immigrant Communities in the United States](https://www.healthyteennetwork.org/news/striving-safety-communal-care-resources-latine-immigrant-communities-united-states/) _2026-07-02 · Megan Thomas · Healthy Teen Network_ Lessons learned as Spanish-speaking Latines in the In/Tend Incubator Hub during an unprecedented time. EntreNos: Parent Youth Health JULY 2, 2026 Por favor, let’s be real. These times have millions of people on edge. As a result, it has fomented … Read More The post Striving for Safety, Communal Care, and Resources for and with Latine Immigrant Communities in the United States appeared first on… ## [Maybe Save the Jokes for Your Standup Routine](https://guerrilla.substack.com/p/maybe-save-the-jokes-for-your-standup) _2026-06-26 · Steph Auteri · Guerrilla Sex Ed_ Research shows that using humor during the sex talks may actually backfire on you. ## [PCOS Is More Than a Reproductive Condition—and Why That Matters for Relationships](https://jeremiahgibson.substack.com/p/pcos-is-more-than-a-reproductive) _2026-06-19 · Jeremiah Gibson, LMFT · Relationship 101, with Jeremiah Gibson, LMFT_ An introduction to Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome, and another horror story of all the things we miss when we reduce women's bodies to their sexuality ## [How to Become Emotionally Dependent on a Social Chatbot](https://jeremiahgibson.substack.com/p/how-to-become-emotionally-dependent) _2026-06-16 · Jeremiah Gibson, LMFT · Relationship 101, with Jeremiah Gibson, LMFT_ And the strategies that Replika and other chatbots utilize to create emotional dependence. ## [molting](https://chaneldubofsky.substack.com/p/molting) _2026-06-15 · Chanel Dubofsky · I Could Never: A Substack about Abortion Stigma_ I’m heading to residency next Monday, so this Substack will be on hiatus for a minute, unless there’s breaking news. ## [Learning About Technology When I Don't Want To.](https://jeremiahgibson.substack.com/p/learning-about-technology-when-i) _2026-06-10 · Jeremiah Gibson, LMFT · Relationship 101, with Jeremiah Gibson, LMFT_ As a relationship and sex therapist, I can only be so much of a Luddite when it comes to AI companionship, dating apps, streaming platforms (i.e. Twitch), and other virtual platforms. ## [Stop CI/CD & Supply-Chain Attacks (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/hKVhzSByOx6z) _2026-06-10 · **Sponsored**_ Per-PR: 17 CI/CD checks and package malware scans with inline Check Run findings. ## [trending](https://chaneldubofsky.substack.com/p/trending) _2026-06-09 · Chanel Dubofsky · I Could Never: A Substack about Abortion Stigma_ Some nice news: My Lilith piece on fighting for abortion access won an Honorable Mention at the 2026 Rockower Awards in the category of Excellence in Writing about Social Justice and Humanitarian Work. ## [BACK TO BASICS](https://katy515zu.substack.com/p/back-to-basics) _2026-06-03 · KIDS FIRST · KIDS FIRST_ Organizations that exploit kids’ cognitive vulnerabilities disqualify themselves from accessing children in any capacity. ## [examine](https://chaneldubofsky.substack.com/p/examine) _2026-06-01 · Chanel Dubofsky · I Could Never: A Substack about Abortion Stigma_ This week (in which mifepristone can still be mailed, at least as of Monday), we’re going inward, maybe more than usual, below this picture of a sunny Brooklyn street. ## [reality](https://chaneldubofsky.substack.com/p/reality-a85) _2026-05-26 · Chanel Dubofsky · I Could Never: A Substack about Abortion Stigma_ Before we get into it, there’s a Tiktok trend (not exactly a new one, it probably happens every year around this time) in which a group of graduating high school students, in regalia, dance around to a song, under the caption, “Dance if you beat teen pregnancy.” If someone had a baby in high school, or they’re currently pregnant, they don’t dance. ## [“Age Appropriate”](https://katy515zu.substack.com/p/age-appropriate) _2026-05-22 · KIDS FIRST · KIDS FIRST_ Comprehensive Sex Ed standards & curriculum do not genuinely engage with the question of what information, in what form, is appropriate for children at what developmental stage. ## [story time](https://chaneldubofsky.substack.com/p/story-time) _2026-05-19 · Chanel Dubofsky · I Could Never: A Substack about Abortion Stigma_ We are currently (as of May 18th) in mifepristone-mail purgatory, since SCOTUS has put off making a decision about it again. ## [Let’s Defund Sex Ed](https://katy515zu.substack.com/p/lets-defund-sex-ed) _2026-05-15 · KIDS FIRST · KIDS FIRST_ The President has released a KIDS FIRST budget proposal. ## [Sex Ed is AGENDA-FIRST, Kids Be Damned](https://katy515zu.substack.com/p/sex-ed-is-agenda-first-kids-be-damned) _2026-05-13 · KIDS FIRST · KIDS FIRST_ “Expert-developed,” “evidence-based,” “medically accurate,” and “age-appropriate” sex-ed programs, when evaluated against the gold standard of child development literature, raise serious concerns. ## [the teens](https://chaneldubofsky.substack.com/p/the-teens) _2026-05-12 · Chanel Dubofsky · I Could Never: A Substack about Abortion Stigma_ Until at least Thursday, mifepristone can still be mailed, while SCOTUS thinks about the future of a drug we should all be able to access. In the meantime, let’s talk about the teen pregnancy rate. (I found this Norman Rockwell sketch at a junk store in Williamsburg.) ## [Living son or dead daughter? Don’t fall for it.](https://katy515zu.substack.com/p/living-son-or-dead-daughter-dont) _2026-05-02 · KIDS FIRST · KIDS FIRST_ THE EVIDENCE DOES NOT SHOW THAT SUPPORTING A TRANSGENDER IDENTITY PREVENTS SUICIDE — OR THAT REJECTING THE NEW IDENTITY INCREASES IT. ## [How Can We Combat Misinformation?](https://guerrilla.substack.com/p/how-can-we-combat-misinformation) _2026-05-01 · Steph Auteri · Guerrilla Sex Ed_ Sex Ed for All Month and beyond... ## [Unintended Consequences of K12 Mental Health Efforts](https://katy515zu.substack.com/p/unintended-consequences-of-k12-mental) _2026-04-29 · KIDS FIRST · KIDS FIRST_ Mental health awareness programming in schools is backfiring. Here’s why. ## [Baptizing Kids into the Religion of Sexual Anarchy](https://katy515zu.substack.com/p/baptizing-kids-into-the-religion) _2026-04-15 · KIDS FIRST · KIDS FIRST_ In 2026, sex education aims to replace inherent, protective sexual attitudes and values with attitudes that view barriers or guardrails regarding sexual activity, at any age, as harmful. ## [Time for Schools to Pay the Piper](https://katy515zu.substack.com/p/time-for-schools-to-pay-the-piper) _2026-04-12 · KIDS FIRST · KIDS FIRST_ States have obscenity laws, intended to protect kids from harmful exposure to sexual content. States also provide exemptions to these laws to schools. ## [What's TMI When It Comes to At-Home Sex Ed?](https://guerrilla.substack.com/p/whats-tmi-when-it-comes-to-at-home) _2026-03-31 · Steph Auteri · Guerrilla Sex Ed_ Should you be answering your kids' questions about your personal life? ## [Making At-Home Sex Ed a Team Effort](https://guerrilla.substack.com/p/making-at-home-sex-ed-a-team-effort) _2026-02-28 · Steph Auteri · Guerrilla Sex Ed_ Or: why sex ed shouldn't be so dang gendered... ## [Showing Your Kids That Kindness and Care Still Matter](https://guerrilla.substack.com/p/showing-your-kids-that-kindness-and) _2026-01-31 · Steph Auteri · Guerrilla Sex Ed_ Here we are, live from my home office, where I’ve been staring blankly at my screen for—::checks calendar::—an entire month! ## [Same Shit, Different Year](https://guerrilla.substack.com/p/same-shit-different-year) _2026-01-06 · Steph Auteri · Guerrilla Sex Ed_ In which 2026 immediately disappoints us. ## [When We Show Kids That Our Value Lies in Our Looks](https://guerrilla.substack.com/p/when-we-show-kids-that-our-value) _2025-11-28 · Steph Auteri · Guerrilla Sex Ed_ Skincare masks for kids!? ## [There's Nothing More Terrifying Than Being Kept in the Dark](https://guerrilla.substack.com/p/theres-nothing-more-terrifying-than) _2025-10-30 · Steph Auteri · Guerrilla Sex Ed_ How Trump's attacks on education keep our kids vulnerable