Here’s a dandy article that tackles talking to kids with Autism about sex. Here’s an exerpt and the link! Lots of regular puberty books use contemporary language – ‘teen talk’, if you like – and while this can be fun and amusing, it isn’t always to everybody’s taste, so I decided that it was more […]
The Easiest Way to Start the Conversation
Finally, after a year and a half or maybe even two years, I am so delighted to let all three of you know that my books are out! If you order on line, you can get 16 free gifts if you put this code – BBK GIFTS – in the comment section of the shopping […]
Plan B
The FDA just saw fit to make Plan B, or the “morning after pill” available over-the-counter, without a prescription, to girls who are 17 and older. What a sigh of relief. At the risk of offending those of you who are opposed to the use of this medicine, I just want to to say […]
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 […]
