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In a world that has normalized explicit media and romanticizes unhealthy relationships, parents need to teach children about healthy relationships. Luckily, there are resources to help parents teach children about healthy relationships in a way that works for everyone.

One of the first steps to teaching healthy relationships is to teaching about emotional abuse. If they understand emotional abuse, chances are they’ll avoid unhealthy relationships. To learn more about the 19 different types of emotional abuse, take our free emotional abuse quiz.

3 Ways Parents Can Teach About Healthy Relationships

When you teach children about healthy relationships, it’s important to ensure that the resources you use help your kids:

• Initiating open & honest conversations to teach children about healthy relationships. Conversations relating to various aspects of body image, the potential influence of media, and relationships.
• Teaching media literacy. As children and teens begin to understand the intents and impacts of the media, they may be better equipped to seek out and develop healthy relationships and a healthy understanding of intimacy.
• Emphasizing the importance of healthy relationships. In the BTR community, we understand how difficult it can be to teach children about healthy relationships when emotional & psychological abuse have been present in your home. However, Educate and Empower Kids has many resources available to help parents teach these concepts. Not only do they have incredible resources for children, but also for parents.

Transcript: Teaching Children About Healthy Relationships

Anne: I have Dina Alexander on today’s episode. She’s the founder and CEO of Educate and Empower Kids. That’s educateempowerkids. org. It’s an organization determined to strengthen families by teaching healthy intimate education. Including education about the dangers of exploitative media. She’s the creator of How to Talk to Your Kids About Pornography and The 30 Days of Sex Talks. She received a master’s degree in recreational therapy from the University of Utah and her bachelor’s from Brigham Young University.

She tries to be a great mom and loves spending time with her family. We’re talking about how to teach children about healthy relationships. Welcome, Dina.

Dina: Thank you. It’s great to be here.

Anne: So Dina and I have known each other for a long time. We’re personal friends. We know each other in real life. And over the years, she has sent me all the books that Educate Empower Kids has produced. And my children love them. My daughter always pulls them out. I think she likes nonfiction better than fiction.

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