Let’s Talk: How to Have a Lifelong Conversation about Sex

Sunday, April 3 from 6:30-8pm
Rooms 308-310 (next to the Purple Bears room)

Church of the Apostles
1850 Marietta Avenue
Lancaster, PA 17603

Co- sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Church of Lancaster and Church of the Apostles, United Church of Christ

Talking about sex with the young people in your life is not easy!

• Many of us feel uncomfortable even thinking about having that conversation with our children or grandchildren.
• Sexual imagery and messages are everywhere in our 21^st-century culture.
• Yet real, honest conversations are few and far between.
• And while many parents think of a one-time conversation for the tween years, children start learning about sexuality as soon as they’re born.
• By the time many parents are ready to “talk,” kids already have lots of information – much of it inaccurate, misleading, or less-than-positive.

In this workshop, we will explore our discomfort around sex and learn some age-appropriate strategies for turning “the talk” into a lifelong conversation about sexuality and health, whether your children are preschoolers or high-schoolers.

Kelly Gainor, a Community Health Educator for Planned Parenthood Keystone, serving Lancaster, Dauphin, Cumberland, and York counties, will lead this workshop.  Kelly provides medically-accurate sexuality education to students of all ages, and is the coordinator of an LGBTQA+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Asexual) youth program, called The Curve which meets on Thursdays in York.  She has a Masters’ Degree in Human Sexuality Education from Widener University and has presented at several sexuality conferences, including the National Sex Ed Conference in New Jersey.

Parents, grandparents, and guardians are invited to attend.  Childcare is available in the Fellowship Hall for all ages from 6:15-8:15.  If possible, RVSPs (for adult attendees + number/ages of children needing childcare, if any) are appreciated ahead of time, and can be sent to Flo Waldron at waldr005@umn.edu.

 Please join us for this important event!