Parenting

OGDEN — The Safe Kids Weber Morgan Coalition will celebrate National Safe Kids Day by conducting a free car seat checkpoint from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at John Watson Chevrolet, 3535 Wall Ave.

SALT LAKE CITY – Minors will need a parent’s written consent to get a tattoo or body piercing if legislation being pushed this session becomes law.

The measure also provides protections for a tattoo parlor that may unwittingly give a tattoo to a minor.

The parlor can avoid a misdemeanor charge if it can produce a photocopy of a valid driver’s license or other ID on file if a person claims to be 18 or older.

SALT LAKE CITY — Sen. Stuart Reid, R-Ogden, thinks the responsibility to teach sex education belongs in the home, not in the school system.

Reid is sponsoring legislation this session to require the State Board of Education offer training to parents regarding sex education. The State Board of Education would be required to develop a curriculum parents can use to educate their children on the subject. The program would be Internet-based and pamphlets would be available for parents who requested them. Educators would also be required to notify parents the program is available twice a year.

LAYTON — Free workshops to assist parents on how to guide their children through the risky years are being made available in Layton.

Layton Communities That Care, in partnership with Davis School District and Davis Behavioral Health Inc., a private mental health organization, is announcing enrollment opportunities for four upcoming Guiding Good Choices parental workshops.

CLEARFIELD — The heat has been turned up on teens who use tanning beds in Davis County — the Board of Health has adopted more stringent state regulations.

The regulations, unanimously adopted by the health board recently, comply with new state law relating to changes in parental consent for minors who use tanning beds.

The changes also clarify the language regarding the necessary use of tanning bed eyewear, said Davis County Health Director Lewis R. Garrett.

OGDEN -- The Weber-Morgan Health Department is offering for parents a free one-time class on teen sexuality. The class will be held from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. April 26 at Mound Fort Junior High School, 1396 Liberty Ave.

There is an idea in many religious teachings and spiritual beliefs that all things in life are for our growth and learning.

That's an overwhelming thought for me, because there are a lot of circumstances from which it is hard for my mind to derive any good. After all, death and sin are a constant dilemma in our society.