Family Talk Workshops
At Family Talk workshops, parents, children, and families of all structures build connectedness and trust as they explore health-related topics. Families learn, laugh and share together making a potentially sensitive subject more comfortable. These workshops aim to foster deep connections through dialogue and activities, creating a strong foundation for a lifetime of communication. Family Talk workshops are inclusive - we learn together in mixed family and gender groups to encourage understanding and acceptance.
If you are interested in registering for our workshops below or in bringing our workshops to your school or group, email parents(at)health-connected.org or visit Our Workshops.
Online Family Talk Workshops
Family Talk: Body Basics | Should I tell?
For families with children ages 5-7 years old
This live webinar guides trusted adults through an important body boundaries and personal safety conversation with their young children. A trained Health Connected educator will guide and support families in conversations about public and private body parts, ABC body signals, and action plans. Families will engage via anonymous chats, polls, and short private conversations with each other. This important conversation is a gentle introduction to body autonomy and body safety.
Family Talk: Where Did I Come From?
For families with children ages 7-9 years old
This live webinar is the easiest way to be guided through the human reproduction conversation that becomes the basis for conversations about sexual health and relationships in the future. A trained Health Connected educator will guide and support families through conversations about families, bodies, and babies with an easygoing, candid approach. Families will engage via anonymous chats, polls, and short private conversations with each other. This is the essential conversation that trusted adults must have so that subsequent questions about human sexuality can be answered from a solid foundation. Older students may also participate if they have not had this important conversation with their adults.
Family Talk: What’s Happening To Me?
For families with children ages 9-11 years old
This live webinar is about the physical changes that happen during puberty. A trained Health Connected educator will guide participants through reproductive and sexual anatomy and the physical changes that puberty brings. Families will engage via anonymous chats, polls, and short private conversations with each other. This is a simple and effective way to open the door to tricky topics and begin normalizing conversations about bodies and sexual health.
* Do to the highly interactive nature of the in-person workshops below, we will resume offering these when we are able to safely do in-person workshops again.
Family Talk: Body Basics
For families with children ages 5-7 years old
This workshop is designed for children and their trusted adults to learn about private body parts and body safety in a safe and friendly space. Have an intentional conversation about protective behaviors and help establish positive language, attitudes, and behaviors for the future.
Family Talk: Where Did I Come From?
For families with children ages 7-9 years old
This workshop is designed for adults and children to learn together about families, bodies, and babies in a fun, safe, and friendly environment. Using drawings, multimedia, and activities, reproduction is simply explained.
Family Talk: What’s Happening To Me?
For families with children ages 9-11 years old
This workshop gives adults and children the opportunity to interact in a fun, safe, and friendly environment to promote healthy communication and connectedness. Using drawings, multimedia and activities, the various physical changes that happen during puberty are explained.
Family Talk: What Am I Feeling?
For families with children ages 11-14 years old
Understanding the biological, social, and emotional changes associated with adolescence can build empathy and patience for both parents and teens! Conversations about sexuality are made more accessible and comfortable as families are guided through important topics such as brain development, strong emotions, values, sexting, sexuality, sexual behavior, and consent.
Questions? Email parents(at)health-connected.org.