Parenting – Page 15 – Jackie Brewton

Date Rape: Lifting the Burden of Secrecy!

Jackie Brewton
April 28, 2015
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Last year, my post to commemorate “Sexual Assault Awareness & Prevention Month” focused on children who were molested or raped as a child by a family member. This year I want to focus on date rape, which is unfortunately a…

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50 Shades of Green: Fighting the Media’s Manipulation of our Youth

Jackie Brewton
January 26, 2015
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I open my classroom presentation with the following question, “Do you think we have a healthy sexual culture in our society?” An overwhelming majority of the class will reply, “No!” When I ask them what they think contributes to the…

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That Time I Gave Birth to Twins

Jackie Brewton
December 19, 2014
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This time last year I was working on writing my first book for teen girls, The Seven Secrets Guys Will Never Tell You. Though I managed to finish the first draft, which was a major accomplishment for me, unfortunately you…

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Why Single Moms Need to “Think like a Dad!”

Jackie Brewton
December 4, 2014
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An 8th grade girl approached me after class recently asking if she could speak with me about something I had spoken about in class—the dangers of dating older guys. She told me she had a wonderful boyfriend who was older…

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You Know it’s Time to “Fire” Your Child’s Pediatrician When…

Jackie Brewton
November 19, 2014
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A young lady stayed after class to speak with me recently. She wanted to let me know how good it felt to hear from an adult who believed that it was possible for teens to abstain from sex. She then…

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Teen Girls Who Don’t Know their Value Become Women Who Don’t Know their Value

Jackie Brewton
November 4, 2014
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I've been told for years that adults need to hear my message just as much as teens do because my message transcends age. Though my most requested presentation falls in the category of “sex education,” it covers so much more…

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Flowers Fit for a Funeral!

Jackie Brewton
October 29, 2014
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Growing up, I often heard older people say, “Give me my flowers while I can still smell them.” Many times, this was said after they had attended a funeral and left the funeral wondering whether the deceased had been told before…

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How a Dad Turned his Daughter Against Marriage!

Jackie Brewton
October 21, 2014
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Typically we think of women being the ones who bash guys/men or use stereotypical statements when describing them. I recently received a letter from a young lady whose father was the one who bashed guys and in turn convinced her…

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Saving Your Child from Driving over the Cliff!

Jackie Brewton
October 14, 2014
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Fifteen-year-olds are not young adults. They are big kids. They are not ready to make major life-decisions on their own, and they will ultimately hold us adults accountable for not being there to put up a roadblock when they have…

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Boys will be boys! Or will they?

Jackie Brewton
October 7, 2014
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A couple of weeks ago I conducted an assembly with 200+ high school junior and senior guys. About 15-20 minutes into the presentation, a young man raised his hand and asked the following question, “Are you telling us that we…