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1. Talking with Kids Teams Up Again with NBC [return
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For the second year
in a row, Talking with Kids About Tough Issues has
teamed up with NBC's The More You Know campaign in a national
initiative to
support parent-child communication. This season's The More You
Know public
service announcements cover a wide range of topics, from smoking
and
prejudice to mentoring and parental involvement. They feature
stars Alex
Kingston and Goran Visnjic ("ER"), Joshua Malina ("The
West Wing"),
Christopher Meloni ("Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"),
and Brittany Snow
("American Dreams").
View the new The More You Know public service announcements
at:
* http://www.talkingwithkids.org/ads.html
Download your FREE Talking with Kids parent booklet at:
* http://www.talkingwithkids.org/booklet.html
2.
New Guide on Teen Sex Available for Parents [return
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Our last issue of
Talking with Kids covered an episode of the CBS daytime
soap "The Young and the Restless," where 15-year-old
Lily Winters is
pressured into having unprotected sex with a young man she met
on the
Internet. Since that episode aired, we have received a number
of email
messages from parents asking for advice on how to raise the topic
of sex
with their children, especially teens. "Parent Power: What
Parents Need to
Know and Do to Prevent Teen Pregnancy" is a good place to
start. Published
by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, it provides
important
tips that parents can use to help their teens understand sexual
activity
and includes findings on what teens want their parents to know.
Download a copy of "Parent
Power: What Parents Need to Know and Do to
Prevent Teen Pregnancy" at:
* http://www.teenpregnancy.org/resources/reading/pdf/ParentPowerEnglish.pdf
(English)
* http://www.teenpregnancy.org/resources/reading/pdf/ParentPowerSpanish.pdf
(Spanish)
3.
Tip of the Month: Listen to Your Child [return
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During the rush of
the holidays, it's easy to forget that this is also an
important time to give our kids some undivided attention. As
said by Joshua
Malina of "The West Wing," in NBC's The More You Know
public service
announcement: "You want to give your kids a really cool
gift? Then give
them your time. They'll never get tired of that." While
communication is
key, it's listening carefully that helps us to better understand
what our
children really want to know, as well as what they already understand.
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