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Automatic Assumptions > Awful Awkwardness > Amusing Awareness

Walking off the stage after delivering the “Can I Kiss You?” program to an incoming class at Colorado Mesa University, I noticed three parents waiting for me at the back of the room. The grim looks on their faces and their crossed arms immediately triggered me to worry, “They don’t look to happy. I wonder what I did wrong?”

When I got to the back of the room, all three parents turned toward me, each saying their own version of , “Why wasn’t EVERY student mandated to hear this program? Our kids were in here and we are thrilled!”

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DATE SAFE Movie Night: Moonrise Kingdom

The latest movie by Wes Anderson, Moonrise Kingdom, addresses the range of intense personal relationships from teen romance to adult romance to friendships, parenting, and more (click here to watch trailer).

While the scene where the 12-year-olds experiment with sexual intimacy would be much more appropriate at an older age, the conversation they displayed was healthier than the ones adults typically have.

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Do You Have IT?

IT is positivity. Are you bringing body positivity to your intimacy? How do you feel about yourself when you look in the mirror? Do you

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Parents, STOP Focusing on LOVE.

Moms and dads tell me how they stress the importance of “LOVE” in a dating relationship. Do you want love to be the focus of a child discovering relationships? Have you seen a love-crazed tween or teenager recently? Getting them to focus, besides think, is not an easy task. Not exactly what most moms and dads want in their 14 year old.

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Teens, Oral Sex, & the CDC

Yesterday, Reuters news service reported on a study just released by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention’s Center for Vital Statistics showing that

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Awkward or Stupid?

Last week at a presentation for the Navy, a sailor in the audience said, “your talk made me realize it’s better to be awkward than

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HUMANIZE the Stranger

While speaking on a military installation in Europe this summer, a sailor at the end of the show said, “Today, you taught me how important

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Sex in Bahrain

Last week, I was speaking to the US Military in Bahrain. While talking with a local, he asked what I speak about. Upon hearing that

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