Summary: <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Dina Alexander is the founder and president of <a href="educateempowerkids.org">Educate and Empower Kids,</a> organization determined to strengthen families by teaching digital citizenship, media literacy, and healthy sexuality education, including education about the dangers of online porn. She is creator of Noah’s New Phone, a story about using technology for good, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0998731242/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=btrorg-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0998731242&linkId=6be44a05d78b04cf14574d285b1bcd55">Petra’s Power to See</a>, a media literacy adventure, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0998731234/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=btrorg-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0998731234&linkId=88b49e79ae5422585b2ff772bf61544d">Messages About Me</a>, a journey to healthy body image, H<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0986370843/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=btrorg-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0986370843&linkId=b9bf5d7e50cf790c89b375b8d3675996">ow to Talk to Your Kids About Pornography</a>, and the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0986370800/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=btrorg-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0986370800&linkId=66022b64212387e36c16f2f076d3b45a">30 Days of Sex Talks</a> and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0986370894/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=btrorg-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0986370894&linkId=84060c347ef1a1a94e1fa6b90992c7ac">30 Days to a Stronger Child</a> programs.<br> She received her master’s degree in Recreation Therapy from the University of Utah, and her bachelor’s from Brigham Young University. She’s an amazing mom and loves spending time with her husband and three kids. Together, they live in Texas.<br> How To Empower Kids As Parents<br> Anne: We used your books in our home. They’ve been floating around. I leave them out. My 8-year-old has read all of them. He just picks them up and starts reading them, and then I try to process the information with him, and read them together, as well. I’m really grateful for the work that you do. What motivated you to start your non-profit, Educate and Empower Kids?<br> Dina: A few years ago, I was reading a Facebook article about teen porn consumption. I couldn’t believe it, it was so shocking and just so surprising to me, the accessibility, the level of pathetic sexual knowledge that these teenagers had a huge lack of intimacy education that they had received, the inability to talk to their parents, that it just shocked me into action.<br> I started researching, I started looking for parent resources. I felt like there wasn’t a lot out there, if anything. I felt like most of it was either very fear-based, very shame-based, and just not practical. At that time, my oldest was in middle school, I had two in elementary, and I just felt like, “I gotta do something. I just gotta talk to every parent I can.” I made this promise with myself, I was going to do anything I could, even embarrass myself, do things I’ve never done before. That’s just snowballed into our part of this movement in helping people understand what true, healthy sexuality is, warning parents, but also empowering them with simple tools.<br> Use Words To Empower Kids<br> Anne: I appreciate that about your books, especially 30 Days of Sex Talks.
