In addition to your family values about sexuality, by eight-years-old your child should: Have an awareness of the life cycle of humans, plants and animals, including the needs and responsibilities for caring for them….
5 Things You Might Be Doing That Screw Up The Sex Talks
Please stop clinging to the mistaken belief that they will be ruined somehow if they know these things sooner rather than later because the opposite is true.
Mom Wants To Explain Other Ways to Have Sex To 8-Year-Old-Daughter
How Do I explain all the different Ways to Have Sex To my 8-Year-Old-Daughter Hi Amy! I really want to make sure when having any sex chats with my kids that they understand that there are other ways to have sex. I have two daughters, five and eight, and they have a transgender cousin. We […]
Moms Help Teens Postpone Intercourse!
The Center for Adolescent Health and Development at the University of Minnesota National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health looked at over 5,000 adolescents and their mothers for one year. Researchers found that caring, connectedness, consistency, and clarity with teens are important-especially for younger teens.* Specifically, they found that: When mothers reported satisfaction with their relationships […]
Mom, What’s A Virgin?
Guest Blog by My Purple Umbrella’s Lisa Keating Oh, the conversations that happen within the walls of our home… Much to the potential dismay and horror of my daughter, I’m going to share a recent conversation. One morning before school, out of the blue, she asked me what a virgin meant. My immediate response was […]
