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  • This session introduces relationships that are ethically non-monogamous or polyamorous. These terms refer to having consensual romantic relationships with more than one person at the same time. Participants will develop knowledge about polyamory and gain skills to discuss ethical non-monogamous...
    October 22, 2021
    Tagged as: Families & Faith Development, Family Programs
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  • This session opens room for conversation around adolescent unintended pregnancy. While some parents and caregivers in this workshop may consider their children too young to face an unintended pregnancy, they, too, will benefit from a review of the options and the opportunity to prepare to support...
    October 22, 2021
    Tagged as: Families & Faith Development, Family Programs
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  • Chalice Sparx UU Family Camp will be virtual in 2021. Join us online as we create salt mandalas, engage in yoga for all ages, worship for all ages, UU Minecraft, covenant groups for sharing and lots of family fun!
    May 3, 2021 | From MidAmerica News
    Tagged as: Family Programs
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  • Congregations continue to evolve to foster faith and worship online.
    By Sherri Daye Scott | May 1, 2021 | From UU World
    Tagged as: Children, Family Programs, Worship
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  • Just because we're social distancing doesn't mean we can't have fun! This webinar gives you all the information you need to host a Virtual Game Night for your congregation. Topics include: using Zoom video conferencing features like polling and break out rooms and the best games to play online.
    Webinar | By Phillip Lund, MidAmerica Region of the UUA | April 1, 2020 | For Adults | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: #COVID19, Building Community, Family Programs
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  • Sexual imagery is so prevalent in advertising, on television, and on the Internet that even young children are exposed to it, despite adult efforts to limit access. Whether they deliberately seek it or not, today’s children are likely to encounter Internet pornography before they become...
    November 4, 2019
    Tagged as: Families & Faith Development, Family Programs
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  • Interactive media define the social worlds of many children and most youth today. Because the youngest generation is always on the forefront of new modes of communication, kids may inhabit a social landscape that is a little (or a lot) unfamiliar to parents and caregivers. In this session,...
    November 4, 2019
    Tagged as: Families & Faith Development, Family Programs
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  • Parents and caregivers are rightfully concerned about their children’s exposure to unwanted touching or sex. Adults cannot control the sexual opportunities, risks, or coercion their children will encounter. However, parents and caregivers can be role models for self-care and mutual respect. And...
    November 4, 2019
    Tagged as: Families & Faith Development, Family Programs
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  • Parents and caregivers, of course, worry about what might happen to their children. As children move toward puberty, adult concerns expand to include harm that can result from a child’s own decisions. With sexual decisions, the stakes can feel quite high. While worry can tempt parents and...
    November 4, 2019
    Tagged as: Families & Faith Development, Family Programs
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  • Many adults worry, long before their children’s puberty, about sexually transmitted infections (STIs, also called sexually transmitted diseases or STDs), abusive relationships, unintended pregnancy, and other sexual health hazards. This session helps adults channel their worries into a long-term,...
    October 31, 2019
    Tagged as: Families & Faith Development, Family Programs
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  • Relationships bring potential for love, loss, increasing levels of sexual contact, and emotional or physical abuse. They may develop in a variety of ways and stages, from the initiation of dating through different levels of physical intimacy and sexual contact. ...
    October 31, 2019
    Tagged as: Families & Faith Development, Family Programs
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  • In a liberal religious community, parents and caregivers may be reluctant to share any discomfort they may feel about a child’s emerging sexual orientation. This session opens a nonjudgmental space for adults to be honest with themselves about feelings, questions, and concerns. Participants...
    October 31, 2019
    Tagged as: Families & Faith Development, Family Programs
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  • Parents and caregivers help to shape a child’s healthy understanding of both their own gender and the gender diversity out in the world. This session calls participants to explore their ideas and feelings about gender and the values about gender they are teaching their children, explicitly or...
    October 30, 2019
    Tagged as: Families & Faith Development, Family Programs
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  • Many parents and caregivers avoid talking about sex and sexuality for fear of doing it wrong. Yet even imperfect conversations can build an adult’s comfort and skill, a child’s trust, and positive, healthy communication around sexuality-related matters. In this session, participants recall both...
    October 22, 2019
    Tagged as: Families & Faith Development, Family Programs
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  • NOTE to FACILITATORS: This is the first of two mandatory 90-minute sessions for groups using this small group ministry (Chalice Circle) series....
    October 22, 2019
    Tagged as: Families & Faith Development, Family Programs
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  • Our children absorb messages from every second of their awake lives. Our culture often sends a message to children and adolescents that doesn’t reflect our family and personal values. In this world, failing to talk to our children can have just as much impact as parent-initiated communication....
    By Robin Slaw | October 22, 2019
    Tagged as: Families & Faith Development, Family Programs
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  • Welcome to a program for Unitarian Universalist parents and caregivers who seek support and skills to be effective sexuality educators of their children.
    October 22, 2019
    Tagged as: Families & Faith Development, Family Programs
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  • But children’s enrollment in religious education continues to drop.
    By Christopher L. Walton | November 1, 2018 | From UU World
    Tagged as: Children, Family Programs, Membership Growth & Outreach
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  • An invaluable resource to help interfaith families discover their unique interfaith practice and identity with interactive exercises and activities.
    Book | By Susan Katz Miller | October 25, 2018 | From Skinner House Books
    Tagged as: Interfaith, Family Programs
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  • Topics we will touch on include: the spiritual needs of children, creating rituals at home, how Unitarian Universalism fits into identity development, and how parents can prepare themselves for the role as primary religious educator. 2013...
    Webinar | By Patricia Infante | December 14, 2017 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Adult Faith Development, Family Programs, Professional Development for Religious Educators
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