07/07/2025
During the phase of life when your teen most needs reliable guidance to navigate huge, new topics, their biggest information sources (peers, social media, and school) leave serious gaps, to say the least.
This is the same phase when teens are developmentally less excited to chat about sensitive topics with their parents, who also may struggle to come up with the right words.
Are there things you wish you had known, but aren’t sure how to talk with your teen about? Do you want her to have a healthy and satisfying s*x life as an adult, but are worried that conversations too early could give the wrong message? Do you want her to know that you’re a safe place to make ask questions and seek advice on big topics?
Glow Up: Raising Informed and Empowered Teens is a 2-day workshop in Greensboro designed to give teen girls and their parents the language and confidence to make decisions together about their changing lives and bodies.
We'll define "normal," bust myths, and play games to learn about period products, pain, bowel and bladder issues, hormones, contraception, STI's, solo exploration, and cultural gender norms.
Girls will learn about anatomy, pelvic health, consent, boundaries, healthy relationships, and their options around contraception and body autonomy - all while building a positive, shame-free understanding of s*xuality.
Parents will gather separately for one day (day 2 is girls only!) with healthcare providers to gain tools for having open, supportive, evidence-based conversations about the things that matter most—but are often hardest to bring up: pelvic health, s*xuality, and contraception.
Together, families will leave better equipped to navigate this phase. This will not be the one “big talk,” but rather one of many conversations to establish safety and trust so these talks may continue as the topics and “stakes” get higher.
Disclaimer: We recognize that the term “girls” doesn’t fully capture the spectrum of gender diversity. Glow Up is currently designed for younger teens assigned female at birth, but we hope to expand classes for older teens, boys, and more gender-inclusive offerings.