Teens are Facing REAL ISSUES. Parents need answers.

Your Choicez Presentation

Next term David Kobler will be presenting to seminars to Y10 and Y12 students about the use of social media and the detrimental effects of pornography. As we have done in previous years we invite parents to join us for a Parents’ Information Night. 

This will be held at St Joseph’s Parish Centre, corner of Vagues and Main North Roads, at 6pm on Monday, 11 June. Please see the attached flyer.

If you have any questions please contact me at rpitcaithly@stbedes.school.nz

RAISING TEENS IN A

HYPER-SEXUALIZED SOCIETY

a  n i g h t  f o r  p a r e n t s

Teens are Facing REAL ISSUES. Parents need answers.

At a time where parents can feel overwhelmed and powerless to address issues such as sex,

dating, relationships and pornography there is a huge amount parents can do.

This parents night aims to address the intimate questions that parents have while empowering them to be an influential presence in their children’s lives.

• How to parent your child through a sexually saturated society.

• The truth behind media, marketing and advertising and how it can affect young people.

• Sexting, apps and the online world; the secrets parents need to know.

• Pornography; what you need to know as a parent

• The effects of poor sexual decision making.

• Rites of passage; your sons and daughters journey to adulthood.

• The major challenges teenage boys and girls are facing.

Did You Know?

• The average age of a young persons first exposure to pornography is 11 years of age

• 1 in 5 young people struggle with an eating disorder

• 54% of students reported receiving a sexually explicit text message

• 26% reported sending a sexually explicit text message