We figure the best way we can help parents, and do what we can for the young people we serve to make things better for them at home, is by playing the middleman: passing on what we observe and learn from young people to parents, guardians and other supportive adults. Young people want you to know how they feel, what they need, and how they think you can do a better job with this: they just often don’t feel able to tell you themselves.
If you take nothing else away from Scarleteen Confidential, we feel these five things are the real guiding principles when it comes to parenting well with sex and sexuality.