Talking to Kids About Sex

The Birds And The Bees, With A Twist

Cheryl Dumesnil | Posted 05.09.2012

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Cheryl Dumesnil

Recently my wife and I realized that while our older son could recite the egg/sperm/donor story at age 2, we're not sure what our younger son knows about his beginnings. We decided to wait for a teachable moment to arrive, which happened one morning last week.

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Pro-Choice in Da House

Katie Goodman | Posted 05.23.2012

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Katie Goodman

Whenever you have to boil down a political view to a 3rd grader, it really makes you clear about what you believe. This has happened to me several times, most recently with the "War on Women."

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Why 'Modern Family' Went Too Far With Teen Sex Plot

Ann Brenoff | Posted 04.25.2012

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Ann Brenoff

The problem I have with this is that I don't believe that every high school senior is out there having sex, is ready to have sex or needs to feel that 17 or 18 is the appropriate age to have sex because he or she saw it on prime-time TV.

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Mom and Dad, Excuse Me While I Have Sex In My Bedroom

Debra Ollivier | Posted 03.27.2012

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Debra Ollivier

When hormones start to bloom, the libido is quick to follow. So what do you do if your teenager wants to have sex at home? Do you let him or her do it under your roof? Or do you categorically forbid it?

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When Very Young Children Ask Very Hard Questions

The Huffington Post | Lisa Belkin | Posted 01.31.2012

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Tara Crean's four-year-old daughter loves books. On the weekly family trip to the library she chooses a stack bigger than she can carry, and delights ...

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WATCH: Kids Ask Questions About Sex, Parents Try To Answer

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.20.2011

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A stork. The cabbage patch. That thing the birds do with the bees. There's a reason why parents turn to euphemisms when faced with the inevitable "Whe...

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Why Parents Need to Talk With Their Kids About Sex

Vanessa Cullins | Posted 12.05.2011

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Vanessa Cullins

My previous post on Black Voices was about how hard it is for adults to talk about sex -- with each other! So you can imagine how tough it is for us to talk about it with our kids. But talk we must!

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Confessions of a Failed Parent

Jonathan Black | Posted 11.17.2011

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Jonathan Black

I envisioned sitting down with the boys on a bed and starting with, "When boys and girls get older... " only to have them roll their eyes and groan, "We know about that, dad."

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Sex: Why We HATE Talking About It To Our Kids

Dr. Meg Meeker | Posted 11.17.2011

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Dr. Meg Meeker

by Meg Meeker, MD It cost the Rand Corporation millions of dollars to discover this: Teens who watch too much sex on TV have too much sex and get pre...

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