Let’s Take the Taboo Out of Sex Ed: Empowering Communities Through Parent Engagement & Inclusivity

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Let's talk transformative, parent-involved sex education in Montessori communities. We're creating an inclusive experience, addressing global LGBTQIAS+ issues through storytelling about Uganda's anti-homosexuality laws. Awkward conversations? Sure. But we can lean into our conditioned discomfort and have shame-free discussions rooted in Montessori principles. We'll practice regulating our nervous systems, recognizing fears, and taking the taboo out of sex ed so we can better guide today's children. Silence is oppression—let's invite parents, communicate, and change the paradigm of sex education!

Tara Hartley, MS, is a seasoned Montessori educator with over 16 years of experience in both Lower and Upper Elementary levels at Lexington Montessori School. She has an MS in ecological teaching and learning from Lesley University and 6-9 and 9-12 American Montessori Society (AMS) training. Tara runs a private practice that coaches parents to learn how to have healthy, shame-free sex ed conversations with their children.
Stephen Kayiwa is a Montessori educator with 12 years of experience in Upper Elementary level at Lexington Montessori School. He holds a BA degree in International Development from Clark University. 
Stephen was born in Uganda at the end of the brutal Idi Amin regime. His family fled to Kenya and settled in Nairobi, Kenya. His passion for teaching began in 1995, when he was a volunteer in one of the first orphanages for children orphaned by AIDS/HIV.