I was thinking of you 2 weekends ago when I was driving with William (then 6yrs old) in my car and he said, “Mommy, I need to know about sex. I want to make sure I understand so I will know how to do it when I grow up.” From a friend – Feel free […]
Tricky Topics to Talk About with Tweens and Teens
Great info from Vanessa at Radical Parenting. I’ll let her take it away! http://tinyurl.com/ydzb94u
New Harvard Study Says Parents Wait Too Long for “The Talk”
Of course it took Harvard to figure this out, but it seems, from a small sample of racially and ethnically diverse parents and kids, that parents are missing the boat when it comes to timing their sex talks with kids. This study is unique in that rather than being a retrospective account of when parents […]
Myths and Realities – What’s True for Teens
Vanessa Van Petten wrote her first parenting book in her late teens and has a great parenting website, www.radicalparenting.com She sent this a few weeks ago and I think it bears repeating! Myth: Kids want to be your friend. Reality: Kids want parents, not peers. Kids want a strong line between the parent role […]
What’s Sexuality mean anyway?
Here is the Dictionary.com definition of sexuality. Just something to think about. What do you think it means? 1. sexual character; possession of the structural and functional traits of sex. sex⋅u⋅al⋅i⋅ty [seks – shoo – al– i – tee] –noun 2. recognition of or emphasis upon sexual matters. 3. involvement in sexual activity. […]
