How do I Explain Gender Identity To A Preschooler? Hi Amy! My friend’s five-year-old daughter just asked me if my kid is a boy or a girl and we are not sure how to respond. My 12-year-old identifies as non-binary and gender fluid – sometimes feminine, sometimes masculine, sometimes both, sometimes neither – always a […]
Sex Talk Commandment #6 – Tips for the Birds & Bees Talks
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Puberty on the March!
Got breast buds at your house? Then you’ve probably got a period headed your way in about a year. This information is often surprising to parents – probably because we don’t remember our own breast buds particularly well and haven’t managed to figure out what the first sign of puberty is. For girls it’s breast […]
Talking to Boys About the Sexualization of Young Girls
I was speaking at a local elementary school recently and one of the moms asked me a great question. I was talking about the sexualization of young girls and she asked me what to do about our boys. I didn’t understand what she was after at first and thought she was asking about the sexualization […]
Is it okay for my teenage boy to look at porn?
The question about porn is the Teen Boy Question of the Ages – what to do? I happen to think that porn is not a good idea for anyone – in particular teenage boys. The problem is that their brains are still developing and what they can see in terms of sexual activity can be […]
