When we stop talking about sex education as this sliver of an experience and start talking about it as telling stories, we open up possibilities for everyone to play a part. Everyone can tell stories.

If we want to actually focus on what's best for kids, we should stop talking about when we start sex education and start talking about what we say and how we say it.

After school one day a few months ago, Emma perched on the kitchen counter while I cooked dinner and chattered away. Then out of the blue she said, "Somebody said The Aff word at school today!"

I tried to sound nonchalant. Stammering only raises those (cute) little antennae. But there is nothing quite so stressful as aiming for mellow.

I don't want my son to see the human body as embarrassing, salacious or dirty. Miraculous, yes. Mysterious, no.

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