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Loving Relationships
& Safe Environment

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Talking to our Children about Healthy Relationships

It's important parents have conversations with their children about loving relationships and safe environment. The benefits are for the child to see, create, & sustain positive relationships and to establish healthy boundaries in all their relationships. 

Conversations about L.I.F.E. (Sr. Kieran Sawyer and Dr. Kathie Amidei)
Conversations about L.I.F.E. fosters parent-child conversations through year-by-year, age-appropriate, guided lessons on Love, Infatuation, Friendship, and Exploitation using downloadable, comprehensive lesson packages. The goal of the program is to guide parents in talking with their own children about positive loving relationships and, sadly, also telling them about the possibility of sex abuse.
Tutorial
  • Download in English
  • Download in Spanish​
The parent-child conversations are designed as one- to two-hour sessions held in the parish hall or school c afeteria for children of each age level with their parents, in which the family conversations are directed by a trained facilitator. The lessons can also be adapted for use in the classroom as introductions to the more sensitive material that will be taught at home by parents using materials provided in the parent follow-up packet. The program also makes an ideal guide for homeschooling parents or coalitions.
  • Sample Kit
  • L.I.F.E. also available in Spanish​

Articles:
Keeping Kids Safe - An Insert (Archdiocese of Washington)
This flier is one in a series of parents’ guides produced by the archdiocese to help parents better understand how to protect and nurture their children. 

Cultivating Healthy Relationships (Catholic Charities, AZ) 
This article offers 4 tips for identifying and cultivating healthy relationships

How to Model Healthy Relationships for Your Children (CHI St. Alexius Health)
Tips for identifying healthy and unhealthy relationships

How To Teach Your Children About Healthy Relationships (Inside Catholic)
Four tips for parents

How to Have Better Conversations with Your Kids (U.S. Catholic)
4 practices that can help parents and children move toward authentic conversation

Safe Environment Programs

Examples of Safe Environment programs:
  • The Green Bay Diocese uses this curriculum for TEENS with the video to the right from VIRTUS.
  • Rapid City Diocese offers this curriculum for grades 6-8.
  • Archdiocese of Philadelphia offers "Child Abuse Prevention Program for Children in Our Religious Education Program"
Healthy Relationships for Teens 2.0 Online Module Expansion with Safe Environment Component

Videos to encourage communication about relationships

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    • Advent >
      • For Families
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      • For Families
      • For Parishes/Schools
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      • January/ February
    • LENT >
      • Lenten season resources
      • Breaking Open the Word - Lent - Cycle A
    • EASTER >
      • Easter Season Resources
      • Breaking Open the Word - Easter - Cycle A
    • Current Events >
      • Eucharistic Revival
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  • Sacraments
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      • Addiction
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      • Death, Loss, Grief
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      • Transforming Hate into Love >
        • Racism
        • Combat Hate Conversations
      • Loving Relationships and Safe Environment >
        • Really Tough Topics
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