USEFUL RESOURCES for Parents/Carers, Teenagers and Children

From September 2020, Relationships Education will be compulsory in all primary schools, and Relationships and Sex Education will be compulsory in all secondary schools. You can find out all the details of what these curriculums will involve via this link.

SUITABLE FOR PARENTS/CARERS:

• Website: Outspoken Education

Advice and tips for parents on discussing relationships and sex with young people of all ages:

• Reports and Research: Family Planning Association Resource for Parents

Guidance for parents and useful reports/resources regarding consent:

• TED Talk – The Mysterious Workings of the Teenage Brain by Sarah-Jayne Blakemore

This TED Talk provides a fascinating and accessible insight into how the teenage brain develops, particularly in relation to how they behave and their capacity for taking others’ perspectives into consideration.

SUITABLE FOR TEENAGERS:

• Animation: Consent and Tea by Blue Seat Animation Studios

This video uses the analogy of making someone a cup of tea to explain sexual consent in an amusing, non-confrontational way. The same studios also created a follow-up animation for younger children, called Consent for Kids (see below).

• Short film: Screwball by TrueTube

This short, humorous and non-explicit film follows two teenagers as they navigate their first sexual encounter and the pressures they face from the world around them.

• Leaflet: Consent: Giving It, Getting It & Respecting It by Family Planning Assocation

Helpful guidance for young people about consent: including information about the law and how to recognise consent.

• Website: Fumble: “The Buzzfeed of Sex Ed” – an online platform providing safe, accessible, informative articles for young people about relationships, sexuality and mental health.

SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN:

• The NSPCC PANTS Rule. A great resource for parents and teachers to talk to young children about bodily autonomy, personal space and consent in an age-appropriate way.

The above NSPCC resource also includes a video for parents of d/Deaf children , performed in British Sign Language with English subtitles.

• Video/animation: Consent for Kids by Blue Seat Animation Studios

Created by the same team behind Consent and Tea and aimed at young children to educate them about consent.

• Video/animation: ‘Commander No’ from Doc McStuffins (Disney Channel).

Uses the analogy of tickling to explain consent and how it’s important to respect others’ physical and emotional boundaries.