Short messages on Relationships issues from Respect Yourself, the guidance site for young people to help make good decisions in life.
Recognise your rights and protect them. Believe you deserve to be treated with respect and dignity at all times. Stop apologising for everything.
Over half of the young people surveyed by ChildLine said they had received a sexual photo or video. Most received them from a partner but a third received them from a stranger.
40% of young people 13-18 in a ChildLine survey said they had created a sexual image or video of themselves, with about a quarter of all those questioned saying they had sent the image or video to someone else.
In a ChildLine survey of 13-18 year olds, 60% said they had been asked for a sexual image or video of themselves.
Understand that your rights, thoughts, feelings, needs and desires are just as important as everyone else’s – but remember they are not more important than anyone else’s.
The reactions you have to others gives you more information about yourself than about them – what you do and don’t accept about yourself.
Originality is beautiful. Big brown eyes, green eyes, blue eyes alike. Your natural skin tone is beautiful. Your hair color and your smile. Your voice, your laugh, and your personality. You are truly beautiful just the way you are!
Don’t look for people who will solve all your problems; look for those special few who will sit down and face them with you.
If your friend is telling you other people’s secrets…then they may be sharing yours as well.
For some men it can take some time to ejaculate again after having sex. This is normal, and doesn’t mean there is anything wrong with his sperm.