Category: Family Conversations

The Pitfalls of Trite Advice

October 18, 2018 Dr. Karen Rayne
You have probably heard all kinds of trite relationship advice over life because it’s a staple of conversations about relationships. You may even give trite relationship advice sometimes, because sometimes it’s useful. But it’s important to see the advice for what it is and consider whether what you’re repeating makes…
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Talking Together: Get a Foot in the Door, Not a Door in the Face

January 28, 2017 Ryan Dillon
As humans we communicate in many different ways and as technology changes our communication pathways will expand and become easier but complicated at the same time. What do I mean by that? With the rise of texting and social media it lessens the need for a key component to communication:…
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Breaking the Hush Factor: Ten Rules for Talking with Teenagers about Sex

May 27, 2015 Dr. Karen Rayne
Dear parents, You may have heard about my book, Breaking the Hush Factor, and this post is to give you some more information about the theoretical underpinnings that support the ten rules in the book. Recently, my friend and midwife Christy Tashjian and her wife Jenni Huntly interviewed me for her blog.…
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Condom Week: Who can talk about it?

June 4, 2014 Dr. Karen Rayne
Who has the right to talk with your child about sexuality? What about your teenager? Or your adult child? These are questions parents often start to grapple with far earlier than they realized that they would have to. A parent came to me once, very distraught, because her eight-year-old daughter…
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