Parenting and Relationships

• Personal Identity


  Our personal identity is made up of physical characteristics, skills and attributes, but more importantly, it is related to the way we feel about ourselves. Your identity will be formed through everyday experiences and through your relationships.
• How friends affect personal identity


  How the person talks or dresses.
• How sport coaches affect personal identity


  Teach the person discipline, resilience and teamwork
• How teachers affect personal identity


  Teach the person things on education as well as inspiring the person to continue on with their education, and to be more curious.
• How Community Laws affect personal identity


  Allow the person to follow the laws and be a good citizen.
• How Religious Groups affect personal identity


  Influence the persons spiritual health and wellbeing.
• How Work Place affect personal identity



  Allow the person to connect with their colleagues and coworkers as well as inspire to continue to receive education to pursue higher careers.
• How Hobbies affect personal identity



  Allows the person to connect with others that also enjoy their hobby.
• How Parents affect personal identity



  Instill values, manners and encourage different interests in their children.
• Stereotype


  A stereotype is a commonly held belief about a specific group or type of individual.
• Stereotypes - Gender roles


  What females/males/other roles are in life.
• Stereotypes - Gender and our bodies


  What a gender should look like.
• Stereotypes - Teenage Stereotypes


  How teenagers are expected to behave.
• Stereotypes - Gender and Sport


  Which genders are expected to play certain sports.
• Relationships


  A relationship is a connection between two or more people or groups of people. They can be complex, dynamic, healthy, unhealthy and can impact on the dimensions of health and wellbeing.
• Characteristics of Respectful Relationships

  • Empathy
  • Respect
  • Safety
  • Honesty
  • Equality
  • Loyalty
  • Trust
• Sexual Relationships


  The following factors need to be considered when having sex

  • Legal age
  • Consent
  • Maturity
  • Values
  • Information
  • Communication
• Legal Age - Sexual Relationships


  16 is the legal age (with no more than a 2 year age gap). Once someone is 18, they can legally have sex with anyone their age and older.
• Consent - Sexual Relationships


  A verbal agreement from any parties involved.
• Maturity - Sexual Relationships


  Need to be emotionally mature to deal with any issues that result from intercourse such as pregnancy, STI's and regret.
• Values - Sexual Relationships


  Qualities that matter to you such as trust, honesty.
• Information - Sexual Relationships


  Age, risks involved such as sexual history and how to stay safe against STI's.
• Communication - Sexual Relationships


  To be able to give consent and understand boundaries.
• It is a person's right to say no to sexual activity at any time, even within marriage. If consent is withdrawn at anytime and you proceed to have sex, you have broken the law.
• Catholic Church's view on Sex

  • Contraception should only be used for medical purposes such as regulating the menstrual cycle and not for preventing a baby
  • Sexual intercourse is a gift from God and should only be found within a marriage so they are fully prepared emotionally and spiritually for the experience.
  • 'Authentic Love' is something to strive for.
• Sexually Transmitted Infections

  • Sexually transmissible infections (STI's) are infections that can be passed on through sexual activity and are mainly carried in bodily fluids.
  • Many STI's have no visible symptoms (asymptomatic)
  • Mutual masturbation, oral sex, anal sex can also spread STI's.
  • Examples include, HIV, HPV, Chlamydia etc.
• Parenting 


  Parenting refers broadly to the activity of raising children. It is the process of promoting and supporting the physical, emotional, social and intellectual development and health and wellbeing of a child from birth to adulthood.
• Factors Affecting Teenage Birth

  • Family history of teenage pregnancy
  • Socioeconomic disadvantage
  • One-parent Family Structure and Family Breakdown