The Marble Jar Channel

Hi, everyone!  I'm Lara Hammock from the Marble Jar channel and today we are going to going to talk about the discussion you should be having with your teenaged boys about Noodz - the term for racy photos on the Internet.  Listen up, parents of middle school and high school boys!  You HAVE to have this talk with your kids. If you've already done it -- good job!  If not, let's talk through some of the points you should make.  First of all, let's just acknowledge that this is happening. Boys are asking for Noodz and girls are sending them. I know you'll be shocked to hear that the reverse is rarely true. The term Noodz or just nudes covers a range of photos that includes actual nudes to just compromising ones with more skin showing than usual.   Originally I had combined girls and boys in one post and then I realized that I had way too much to say, so I split them into 2 separate posts. There might be a little repetition for those of you who have o...

Hi, everyone!  I'm Lara Hammock from the Marble Jar channel and today we are going to going to talk about the discussion you should be having with your teen girls about Noodz - or sending racy photos on the Internet.  Listen up, parents of middle school and high school girls!  You HAVE to have this talk with your kids. If you've already done it -- good job!  If not, let's talk through some of the points you should make.  First of all, let's just acknowledge that this is happening. Boys are asking for Noodz and girls are sending them. I know you'll be shocked to hear that the reverse is rarely true. The term Noodz or just Nudes covers a range of photos that includes actual nudes to just compromising ones with more skin showing than usual.   There are 2 things I'd like to change about how these conversations usually happen. First of all, we tend to have these conversations AFTER something has happened. That's okay -- that conversation is important t...