One day last summer, when Milo and I were walking home from his child care, he told me that some kids had found some graffiti under a slide. “They were laughing and everyone was going under to see it,” he said. “I think it started with an ‘F’.” Ah. The F-word. Now, sadly, Milo has […]
Girls and Periods
I did a great talk last night with Dr. Jessica Gillooly. She’s written a book, Before She Gets Her Period, a wonderful guide to guiding your girl through this change of life. Some tips from Jessica: Girls do want to learn about their periods from their mothers – dad will do in a pinch! Girls say […]
1.95 Million Unintended Pregnancies Prevented
Great news from the Guttmacher Institute this week – it seems that publicly funded planning clinics have a positive impact on our entire community, preventing nearly 2 million unplanned pregnancies and almost 1 million abortions each year. Wow. Them’s big numbers. And since we are all freaking out about the economy these days, how about […]
What Does Sexy Mean?
Have you noticed how everything is sexy these days? The iPhone, those teenage girls, Bratz dolls, my new boots and, perversely, the eight year old on the playground in her tiny miniskirt and boots. Sexy is everywhere and it’s one of those things your kids should know about – what it means, that is. “Sexy” […]
Birds + Bees + TEENS
I think the tendency is for parents to stop or slow down talking to their kids about sex as they age. From the experiences of the parents I teach, it sounds like, for most of us, our parents tried out a couple of conversations, told us to ask if we had questions and that […]
