FAQ's
"I am worried about the information my children are getting when they're away from our home environment."
Enrolling in one of our courses will help give you a feeling of control. Our courses will not regulate what your child takes in when they're out with friends or in the custody of another adult, but we will help you focus your positive influence to safeguard how your children will digest and deal with a variety of outside influences.
The facts you and your child will receive in our courses, coupled with the dialogue we'll help you develop with your child in which you can share your values, will give you confidence when you send your child out into the world.
"I handle my child’s sex education at home, so we why would we need to enroll in a class."
Even the most diligent parent cannot protect their child from the endless stream of information coming at them from the media and their peers. Statistics show that approximately 90% of parents want to be the primary sex educator for their children, but only 4% actually are. In a report for Dateline NBC called "Early Sexual Behavior," Diane Sawyer videotaped children candidly sharing what they knew about sex. The parents of the children involved in the study were consistently stunned by how much their children had already absorbed through outside influences.
Our courses help parents understand the broad spectrum of topics they should include in their talks with their children, help them communicate their points of view effectively, and encourage their children to see them as approachable and resourceful so that the future dialogue will be open and two-sided.
"Can I afford these courses."
The Birds and Bees Connection’s courses are a proven value, based on post-class research. Each of our courses lasts several sessions and are taught be certified educators. Furthermore, included in the cost of tuition are copyrighted books which feature extensive resource information for parents.
Parents who have completed our courses consistently feel that the experience was worth the money and time invested. Parents who have completed Rites of Passage I frequently choose to enroll in the class again as their younger children come of age.
Most importantly, though, children who have gone through our courses are far more likely than they would be otherwise to talk openly to their parents afterward, and that is priceless.
"We’d like to enroll, but we are just too busy with other things right now."
Most people rate health and happiness as the top two things they want most for themselves and their children. Enrolling in a Birds and Bees Connection course will help you and your children develop positive self-esteem, a good body image, and critical thinking skills. With these tools in your hands, your children are more likely to make healthy choices during their teen and adult years, and to be happy with whoever they are.
"My child doesn’t need a sex-ed class. They get that in school."
The information children are given in school, particularly in public schools, can be restricted in content, amoral, and condensed. The children get a fraction of the information available, and rarely have time for questions and answers. More importantly, because parents are not present during school, they are unlikely to know what their child has gotten or missed during the sex-ed lesson, and their child is unlikely to share what they learned.
Our courses are comprehensive, and provide a safe environment in which children feel comfortable asking questions. Our top priority as an agency is to empower parents as the primary sex educators for their children, and to assist them in passing on their values and morals within the context of an ongoing conversation about sex, self esteem, and life issues.
"Our religion has very specific beliefs about sex, morals, etc."
Our courses are unique in that they can accommodate any religious group’s particular beliefs. When a religious organization hosts our courses, we invite a leader from their group to address the class, answering questions and sharing the group’s views on the topics covered.
Since our goals are to disseminate accurate information and foster positive, open dialogues between parents and children, we provide parents with a foundation of facts on which to build. Our neutral educators strongly encourage parents to share their values and morals with their children, and provide a supportive environment in which to get things started.
Christian schools and groups of many denominations, Jewish temples and schools, and secular organizations have hosted our courses, and our record for being invited back after the first course is impeccable.
"We just don’t want to talk about sex with our children before they decide to come to us."
Most adults feel uncomfortable talking about sex with their children. Parents will often wait to address any awkward topic until their child approaches them about it. Unfortunately, if your child has learned enough to have a question, they are probably getting some information from sources other than their mom and/or dad.
Our courses help put parents and children at ease with talking with each other about all kinds of difficult topics, and the conversations they share lay the groundwork for a future of open communication about all topics.
"Our group is too small to host a course."
No group is too small to host our courses. If one parent is interested in enrolling in a Birds and Bees Connection course, that’s enough to get the ball rolling. We’ll provide publicity support to help drum up interest among other members of your group, or assist you in partnering with another group with similar interests.
Your church or temple could partner with another church or temple of the same denomination; your interested parents could invite the parents of their children’s friends to join the class, and your group could open the course to the community in general. Hosting these courses is good for the parents in your group, and can also serve as a goodwill or public relations endeavor to attract new members and new interest.
"If our organization can't get parents to commit to activities, how can you get them to commit to attending a class?"
The subjects covered in our courses are more important than ever for parents to talk about with their kids (see Startling Facts).
We start by inviting parents to a free informational meeting, in which we introduce them to our curriculum and explain the importance of talking to their children about sex and other topics in a comfortable, honest way. We feel that the information presented at these meetings is so compelling that parents will be motivated to enroll, and our track record for retaining enrolees through the entire course is nearly perfect.
We're also ready and willing to brainstorm with you and find ways to encourage parents to make these courses a priority. In addition to filling the classroom, the solutions we come up with together can be applied to your future activities, and may improve attendance for all of your functions.
"I am worried about the information my children are getting when they're away from our home environment."
Enrolling in one of our courses will help give you a feeling of control. Our courses will not regulate what your child takes in when they're out with friends or in the custody of another adult, but we will help you focus your positive influence to safeguard how your children will digest and deal with a variety of outside influences.
The facts you and your child will receive in our courses, coupled with the dialogue we'll help you develop with your child in which you can share your values, will give you confidence when you send your child out into the world.
"I handle my child’s sex education at home, so we why would we need to enroll in a class."
Even the most diligent parent cannot protect their child from the endless stream of information coming at them from the media and their peers. Statistics show that approximately 90% of parents want to be the primary sex educator for their children, but only 4% actually are. In a report for Dateline NBC called "Early Sexual Behavior," Diane Sawyer videotaped children candidly sharing what they knew about sex. The parents of the children involved in the study were consistently stunned by how much their children had already absorbed through outside influences.
Our courses help parents understand the broad spectrum of topics they should include in their talks with their children, help them communicate their points of view effectively, and encourage their children to see them as approachable and resourceful so that the future dialogue will be open and two-sided.
"Can I afford these courses."
The Birds and Bees Connection’s courses are a proven value, based on post-class research. Each of our courses lasts several sessions and are taught be certified educators. Furthermore, included in the cost of tuition are copyrighted books which feature extensive resource information for parents.
Parents who have completed our courses consistently feel that the experience was worth the money and time invested. Parents who have completed Rites of Passage I frequently choose to enroll in the class again as their younger children come of age.
Most importantly, though, children who have gone through our courses are far more likely than they would be otherwise to talk openly to their parents afterward, and that is priceless.
"We’d like to enroll, but we are just too busy with other things right now."
Most people rate health and happiness as the top two things they want most for themselves and their children. Enrolling in a Birds and Bees Connection course will help you and your children develop positive self-esteem, a good body image, and critical thinking skills. With these tools in your hands, your children are more likely to make healthy choices during their teen and adult years, and to be happy with whoever they are.
"My child doesn’t need a sex-ed class. They get that in school."
The information children are given in school, particularly in public schools, can be restricted in content, amoral, and condensed. The children get a fraction of the information available, and rarely have time for questions and answers. More importantly, because parents are not present during school, they are unlikely to know what their child has gotten or missed during the sex-ed lesson, and their child is unlikely to share what they learned.
Our courses are comprehensive, and provide a safe environment in which children feel comfortable asking questions. Our top priority as an agency is to empower parents as the primary sex educators for their children, and to assist them in passing on their values and morals within the context of an ongoing conversation about sex, self esteem, and life issues.
"Our religion has very specific beliefs about sex, morals, etc."
Our courses are unique in that they can accommodate any religious group’s particular beliefs. When a religious organization hosts our courses, we invite a leader from their group to address the class, answering questions and sharing the group’s views on the topics covered.
Since our goals are to disseminate accurate information and foster positive, open dialogues between parents and children, we provide parents with a foundation of facts on which to build. Our neutral educators strongly encourage parents to share their values and morals with their children, and provide a supportive environment in which to get things started.
Christian schools and groups of many denominations, Jewish temples and schools, and secular organizations have hosted our courses, and our record for being invited back after the first course is impeccable.
"We just don’t want to talk about sex with our children before they decide to come to us."
Most adults feel uncomfortable talking about sex with their children. Parents will often wait to address any awkward topic until their child approaches them about it. Unfortunately, if your child has learned enough to have a question, they are probably getting some information from sources other than their mom and/or dad.
Our courses help put parents and children at ease with talking with each other about all kinds of difficult topics, and the conversations they share lay the groundwork for a future of open communication about all topics.
"Our group is too small to host a course."
No group is too small to host our courses. If one parent is interested in enrolling in a Birds and Bees Connection course, that’s enough to get the ball rolling. We’ll provide publicity support to help drum up interest among other members of your group, or assist you in partnering with another group with similar interests.
Your church or temple could partner with another church or temple of the same denomination; your interested parents could invite the parents of their children’s friends to join the class, and your group could open the course to the community in general. Hosting these courses is good for the parents in your group, and can also serve as a goodwill or public relations endeavor to attract new members and new interest.
"If our organization can't get parents to commit to activities, how can you get them to commit to attending a class?"
The subjects covered in our courses are more important than ever for parents to talk about with their kids (see Startling Facts).
We start by inviting parents to a free informational meeting, in which we introduce them to our curriculum and explain the importance of talking to their children about sex and other topics in a comfortable, honest way. We feel that the information presented at these meetings is so compelling that parents will be motivated to enroll, and our track record for retaining enrolees through the entire course is nearly perfect.
We're also ready and willing to brainstorm with you and find ways to encourage parents to make these courses a priority. In addition to filling the classroom, the solutions we come up with together can be applied to your future activities, and may improve attendance for all of your functions.
