Rest assured, I would certainly never advise anyone to talk down to his or her parents. Why I chose to address the issue is simple: Sex is different today than it was in the past and it will continue to change with the times.

I was sitting with a group of old girlfriends; old being the operative word. We meet at each other's home, with our husbands, four times a year. Weather permitting, the men play golf while the women stay behind, wolfing down chips, nuts, cheese and crackers and kvetching about how impossible it is to lose weight.

Many years ago your mom or dad probably had 'the talk' with you. Perhaps over your teen and young-adult years your parent(s) initiated many talks about love, dating, sex and the selection of a life partner. Now, as the adult child of an aging parent, you may find the tables have turned,

A lot of older actors and actresses are doing commercials. There is nothing new about that, but once you've hit Baby Boomer and beyond, the types of commercials seem to have a sameness about them...

If you believe the studies, there is a LOT of action going on between the sheets among those over 60 -- and even among those over 70 and 80. A large b...

Nitric oxide. The chemical doesn't sound particularly sexy, but it plays a singular role in triggering male erections, a fact that's been known for 20...

Hope Springs, now in theaters, explores how one maintains a decades-old marriage, including a decent sex life, when mutual attraction can no longer be taken for granted.

I suddenly thought that maybe this was my mother crying out for help. Maybe she's selling Viagra on the side, living undercover in Madrid, or trying to set up an adoption. The other reality might be one of the scariest things that can happen to tech-savvy elderly parents: getting hijacked on their computers.

In researching my book, I asked men about performance issues. What happens in your head when you can't get it up? How does it become (as I've heard it can be) a self-perpetuating problem? I'm close to literally a dozen fine, garrulous older men. But when I broached this topic, every one of them turned red and stammered and then was struck mute.