Our Whole Lives sexuality education for ages 9 and 10
The first workshop is this Sunday, January 14th, at the Unitarian Church of Vancouver. We have six children registered. I invite any curious, interested, or concerned parents of a child nearing or beginning puberty to attend our Parent and Child Orientation this Saturday, January 13th, from 1:00-3:30 pm in the Fireside Room of Hewett Hall. If you may consider registering your child for the program I encourage you to have them attend the Child Orientation portion as well.The orientation is required for participation in the course. Childcare is provided for siblings.
Why attend?
The Parent Workshop addresses questions, concerns, and tools for talking to our children about sexuality in an age-appropriate way. We have parent resources and suggestions for learning more; we identify what messages we want our children to receive about sexuality, and what we value about our own sexuality education. We discuss what we want to do differently for our children.
The Child Workshop is about the kids getting to know each other, creating art about their family, orienting them to the anonymous questions box, and creating Group Agreements.
Together we will go over an overview of the Our Whole Lives curriculum and what topics will specifically be covered.
Attending this Orientation in no way obligates you to enroll your child, but the orientation is required in order to register. This can be a wonderful way to help you feel more comfortable in your role as your child’s primary sexuality educator. You will also have the opportunity to purchase the Parent’s Guide to Our Whole Lives for this age group, which gives you more ideas and resources for discussions and education at home.
More information is on our website and at the Unitarian Universalist Association website.
Here is our Online registration which lists the dates and time of the workshops—2 Sundays a month January—May.
Please RSVP to Kiersten Moore if you plan to join us on Saturday.